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Carey Jr., Charles W., and Ian C. Friedman, editors. "Pullman, George." Infobase, 2020, online.infobase.com/HRC/Search/Details/2?articleId=204504&q=george%20pullman. Accessed 29 May 2020.

History.com Editors, editor. "Pullman Porters." HISTORY, A&E Television Networks, 15 Feb. 2019, www.history.com/topics/black-history/pullman-porters. Accessed 29 May 2020.

Urofsky, Melvin I., editor. "George M. Pullman." Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Feb. 2020, www.britannica.com/biography/George-M-Pullman. Accessed 29 May 2020.

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Pullman was a Robber Baron as a result of what he surpasses in his objectives. Looter noble is a term for one of the ground-breaking nineteenth-century American industrialists and lenders who made fortunes by hoarding gigantic enterprises through the development of trusts, taking part in untrustworthy strategic approaches, misusing laborers, and paying little regard to their clients or rivalry. George Pullman was a burglar Barron in light of the fact that his objective was distinctly to bring in cash, he didn't generally deliberately offer back to society. Pullman previously made himself well off by maintaining a business that raised structures above road level in Chicago. Pullman is a recorded figure, at that point, since he is viewed for instance of the "looter nobles" who students of history state got rich by misusing laborers. A national commission framed to consider reasons for the 1894 strike discovered Pullman's paternalism mostly to fault and Pullman's organization town to be un-American. Pullman's notoriety was dirty by the strike. In 1894, with an end goal to appease sorted out work after the strike, President Grover Cleveland and Congress assigned Labor Day as a government occasion.

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Urofsky, Melvin I. “George M. Pullman.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 28 Feb. 2020, www.britannica.com/biography/George-M-Pullman.

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A video showing what exactly life was like for Pullman Porters

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A video showing what exactly life was like for Pullman Porters

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A video showcasing many artifacts and building from the Pullman Town.

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A video showcasing many artifacts and building from the Pullman Town.

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A picture of a Pullman Porter in action.

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A picture of a Pullman Porter in action.

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How did George Pullman Treat his Employees? (Alex)

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How did George Pullman Treat his Employees? (Alex)

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At first, Pullman treated his employees with respect.  He built them a beautiful town for them to live in.  The town had shopping areas, theaters, a library, churches, parks, and more.  It was a healthy and good place to live in.  However, the town didn’t have a form of government and had high rent.  Pullman would often spy on his employees living in this town as well.  But, in 1893, Pullman decreased the pay that his workers received whilst keeping the amount of rent they had to pay the same.  This caused outrage among his workers as they now had barely enough money to buy food for their families.  In 1894, many of his workers went on strike and many boycotted Pullman’s rail cars.  As a result, Pullman decided to just fire those people.  Eventually, U.S Troops came in and ended the riots.  This resulted in many people being killed and many injured.  This forever tarnished Pullman’s reputation (Urofsky 12). Eventually, the government took away the town from Pullman and it is now a part of Chicago.

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Another view of Pullman's town he created for his workers.

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Another view of Pullman's town he created for his workers.

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Picture of Pullman's town he created for his workers.

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Picture of Pullman's town he created for his workers.

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George Pullman changed how people travel forever.  Because of him, most trains have sleeping cars on them for their passengers to be able to sleep on.  Also, in Pullman’s will, he left behind 1,200,000 dollars to build a school of manual training for the children of his employees and children in the local community.  A city in Washington was named Pullman after George Pullman.  He hired only black people, most being former slaves, to work for his company, which was a first.  His company helped train these people into widely respected workers who provided elite service. He was one of the first people to make a town for his workers to live in.  In the town, the workers had to pay rent to live there and it had shopping areas, theaters, a library, churches, parks, and more  (Carey and Friedman 6). George Pullman did many great things in his life that helped benefit others, and also did things that harmed people.  He started the Pullman Strike by cutting the salaries of his workers but not decreasing the rent they had to pay . This incident massively hurt his reputation and caused his invention to not be allowed on any trains for a certain time.  Many workers were killed during the incident  (Carey and Friedman 7).

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Kelly, Jack. "The Rise and Fall of the Sleeping Car King" ["The Rise and Fall of the Sleeping
Car King"]. Smithsonian Magazine, Smithsonian Institution, 11 Jan. 2019,
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/rise-fall-sleeping-car-king-180971240/. Accessed 28 May 2020.

"The Pullman Company" ["The Pullman Company"]. The Pullman Company, The Pullman History Site,
Apr. 2020, www.pullman-museum.org/theCompany/. Accessed 28 May 2020.

Stamp, Jimmy. "Traveling in Style and Comfort: The Pullman Sleeping Car" ["Traveling in Style and Comfort: The Pullman
Sleeping Car"]. Smithsonian Magazine, Smithsonian Institution, 11 Dec. 2013,
www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/traveling-style-and-comfort-pullman-sleeping-car-180949300/. Accessed 28 May 2020.

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The Pullman Strike of 1894 Explained: US History Review

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Pullman's Troubles

On May 26, 1880, Pullman started to build his own town for his workers called "Pullman ." This town is located next to Pullman's factory for making Sleeper Cars. Pullman, Illinois, was very modern and almost perfect, mixing nature with modernism (Kelly 15). There were three major problems with this tow: high rent, tough rules, and no self-government. At first, many of the workers were okay with these things, but later the highrent became an issue that destroyed their livelihood (Kelly 14). In the winter of 1863, an economic depression hit the US, and Pullman lowered the wages of his workers by 30%. The largest crime he committed was not lowering the price of rent, because he wanted the same amount of money coming in. After a week of work, his employees were only left with a few cents to feed their families (Kelly 17). Outraged many of his workers went on strike with help from the ARU, or the American Railroad Union, led by Eugene Victor Debs. The ARU went on strike against the entire Pacific Railroad. Due to the freezing of railroads, passengers were stranded, the price of food, ice, and coal soared (Kelly 18). "Mines and lumber mills had to close for lack of transportation. Power plants and factories ran out of fuel and resources" (Kelly 19).  This was a terrible time and Pullman refused to listen to the demands of the ARU to meet on a middle ground. Eventually, the railroads were forced to use their secret weapon, U.S. Attorney General Richard Olney, who convinced the president to send Federal Troops to end the protests and send the railroad workers back to work. At the end of the protest, 34 people were left dead (Kelly 21) Everything returned back to normal, but Pullman's name was forever tarnished. He lost all support from the people and even his fellow rich businessmen mocked him for how he handled the situation. From thereon Pullman was no more with his image shattered and his company in tatters (Kelly 23).

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Assuming you are not an alien, who has been around on earth for a few centuries than you probably don't know who George Pullman is. George Pullman was a wealthy business owner during the Gilded Age (1860-1896). He created the Sleeper Car, which was a train car that would allow a person to travel overnight and get rest. This train car claim to fame was when a Pullman Sleeper Car carried the corpse of Abraham Lincoln all across America (Stamp 4).

Early Life
George Pullman was born in Bronton, NY in 1831. He was a born businessman with little educational background. He quit going to school after the 4th grade and went to work at a nearby general store for 40.00$ a month. He then moved to Albion, New York, in 1845. Albion is a town located next to the Erie Canal. His father was an inventor like him and he developed the jackscrew machine that could be used to move buildings onto new foundations. He worked as a carpenter in Albion, but later he became a successful entrepreneur moving buildings in Albion (Stamp 2).
How he became a business leader.
Pullman later took over his father's business of moving buildings and in 1856 he won a contract with the state of New York to move 20 buildings in order to enlargen the Erie Canal. In 1858, he worked with Chicago and the Alton Railroad Company to try to redesign two cars but they were a failure. After this, he was very successful in developing a sewer system in order to drain all the water in Chicago. He was successful in all of these things so he was able to earn a good repute amount many people (Stamp 3). Then in 1864, he finally got the idea to make luxury train cars instead of redesigning old train cars (Pullman Museum 2). Andrew Carnegie became one of Pullman's biggest investors, as he was intrigued by Pullman's idea (Pullman Museum 6).  So he developed the first sleeper car, the only problem with this car, was that the wheel size didn't fit the tracks of most railroads. So the railroads had to change all the tracks in order to accommodate Pullman's Sleeper Car. Abraham Lincoln personally requested for Pullman to make him a personal car before he was assassinated. Then after he was killed Pullman's car drove Abraham Lincoln's body all across the united states (Stamp 4). Then in 1867, he developed the president which was a higher quality sleeper car, with more accommodations. In 1868, he developed the Delmonico which was a car where passengers could enjoy fine cuisine while traveling. His business was very successful and very popular. (Pullman Museum 3). He realized that he needed a greater variety of services and so he hired many African Americans because he thought their skills were perfect for his work. He hired African Americans as porters, and they were all very multitalented, so they were respected and well paid amongst the African American Community. After Pullman's death in the 1920s, the Pullman company became the single largest employer of African Americans. All seemed safe for him, but all it would take is one mistake.