A memoir of Robert Blincoe, an orphan boy: sent from The workhouse of St Pancras, London, at seven years of age, to endure the horrors of a cotton-mill, through his infancy and youth: with a minute detail of his sufferings, being the first memoir of the kind published

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Title
A memoir of Robert Blincoe, an orphan boy: sent from The workhouse of St Pancras, London, at seven years of age, to endure the horrors of a cotton-mill, through his infancy and youth: with a minute detail of his sufferings, being the first memoir of the kind published
Creator/Author
Brown, John
Date
1832
Description
Published following an interview with Blincoe on his experiences of child labour, highlighting the harsh working conditions in the cotton mills for children.
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