 They benefited from the labor of enslaved people. You know, the textile mills in New England could not have functioned without the labor of enslaved people. But they had no idea of the brutality. And if they did have an idea of the brutality, they would have never seen it in the way that it was presented by Douglas. 202 is the area code, 7488920. If you live in the east and central time zones, 7488920.