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This 19th Century industrialist is best known for his company's production of the "sleeping car" for railroad travel, and for the 1894 labor strike surrounding it's production.

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The 19th century industrialist known for his sleeping car was George Pullman. Pullman was known for the Pullman car. African Americans would serve primarily as Pullman car porters in the twentieth century.

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