Richard Oastler: king of factory children
Subtitle: six pamphlets, 1835-1861.
Series: British labour struggles: contemporary pamphlets; 1727-1850
Publisher: Arno Press; Ayer Co Pub
Published: 1972
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Subjects: Oastler, Richard, 1789-1861; Factory system -- Great Britain; Child labor -- Great Britain; Hours of labor -- Great Britain
Table of contents: title: Eight letters to the Duke of Wellington, a petition to the House of Commons, and a letter to the editor of the Agricultural and industrial magazine.; title: More work for the Leeds new thief-catchers. A letter to George Goodman, Esq., Mayor of Leeds.; title: The rejected letter, with a dedication to the man wot [!] would have it read. A letter to the owners & occupiers of mills, in the town and parish of Halifax.; title: A letter to those millowners who continue to oppose the ten hours bill. Appeal to members of Parliament, and to the working classes, respecting the ten hours' factory bill.; title: Sketch of the life of the late Richard Oastler, with an account of his funeral obsequies and the three funeral sermons preached on the occasion, by G. S. Bull.