Joseph Long’s Slops

Abstract

Slops-sellers provided poor men in northeastern American port cities with ready-made garments in a variety of materials, colors, and patterns. Slops, cut to fit a variety of body types, offered an inexpensive alternative to the bespoke garments worn by most men. Evidence from the period before 1820, pieced together from newspapers, city directories, and shipwreck assemblages, sheds light on this component of the American clothing trade, demonstrating that the manufacturing and display techniques of slop shops laid the groundwork for the ready-made clothing industry.

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