Author:Richard Oastler

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Richard Oastler
(1789–1861)

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English labour reformer, "Tory radical", and abolitionist. He fought for the rights of working children in the Factory Act of 1847, and was also a prominent leader of the Factory reform and anti-Poor Law movement

Works

Works about Oastler

"Oastler, Richard," in Dictionary of National Biography, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., (1885–1900) in 63 vols.
"Oastler, Richard," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)

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