Author:Richard Oastler
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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
Richard Oastler
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- Vicarial Tithes, Halifax: a true statement of facts and incidents (1827) (external scan)
- Facts and plain words on every-day subjects, comprised in two speeches delivered at Wakefield on the day of the first election for the West-Riding of Yorkshire, December 20, 1832 (1833) (external scan)
- A Letter to Viscount Morpeth M.P. (1834) (external scan)
- A Serious Address to the Millowners, Manufacturers and Cloth-dressers of Leeds (1834) (external scan)
- Fleet Papers (1841–43) (external scans (multiple parts): 1, 2, 3)
- Free trade "not proven," in seven letters to the people of England (1849) (external scan)
- Eight letters to the Duke of Wellington (1835) (external scan)
Works about Oastler[edit]
- "Oastler, Richard," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.
- "Oastler, Richard," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
- Richard Oastler, "the factory king" (1913)
- "Richard Oastler" in English Social Reformers by Henry de Beltgens Gibbins (1902) (external scan)
Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1929, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.
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