The laboring classes of England : especially those engaged in agriculture and manufactures; in a series of letters / by an Englishman ; also, A voice from the factories, a poem, in serious verse.

  • Dodd, William, 1804-
Date:
1847
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Credit: The laboring classes of England : especially those engaged in agriculture and manufactures; in a series of letters / by an Englishman ; also, A voice from the factories, a poem, in serious verse. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    LABORING CLASSES OF ENGLAND. LETTER I INTRODUCTION. In offering the following work to the public, I have been actuated by a desire to diffuse as widely as possible the information it contains; believing it will be interesting and instructive to every well-wisher of the human race. I have been led to publish the following facts, in con- sequence of the curiosity manifested by almost every per- son with whom I have become acquainted in America, to know my history, &c. So great has been the desire to question me upon this subject, that I have felt it, some- times, to be my duty to refuse to give any information; my own feelings requiring me to forget, as far as possible, the injuries of former years. Whenever I feel my heart beat quicker, occasioned by a retrospective view of my sufferings, my peace of mind demands that I should in- stantly cry, peace, be still. I believe, that had I fall- en from some distant planet in the Solar system, the de- sire to know my history, and that of my species, could not have been greater. A single glance at my person, 1*