John Slater (industrialist)

For other people with the same name, see John Slater.

Period paintings of John and Ruth Slater currently owned by the Slatersville Congregational Church

John Slater (December 25, 1776 – May 27, 1843) was an early American industrialist, founder of Slatersville, Rhode Island and younger brother of Samuel Slater, father of the American Industrial Revolution, and a member of the well-known Slater family.