Human Documents of the Industrial Revolution in Britain

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Introduction	p. 7
The Rise of the Factory System	p. 21
Domestic Manufacturers	p. 23
Change Comes to Lancashire	p. 26
The New Masters and Their Women	p. 28
The Father of the Factory System	p. 31
The Success Story of the Peels	p. 34
The Great Experiment at New Lanark	p. 37
Factory Life and People
Living Conditions	p. 43
Manchester Cotton Operatives	p. 44
England's Manufacturing Population	p. 46
Personal Appearance
The Daily Round
Food and Drink
House Furnishings
Housing Arrangements
Foul Language
Smoking and Drinking
The Abominable Irish
Lodging-house Horrors
A Manchester Housewife's Weekly Budget. P.P. 1833, XX	p. 52
A Clock in the Parlour	p. 54
Housing Conditions of the Factory Workers. P.P., Lords, 1842, 26	p. 55
Mr Ashworth's Cottages. P.P., Lords, 1842, 26	p. 57
Working Conditions	p. 58
'Such Slavery, Such Cruelty.'	p. 60
Stubborn Facts from the Factories	p. 62
'Receptacle of demons.' P.P. 1833, XX	p. 64
A Model Mill. P.P. 1833, XX	p. 65
Scottish Contrasts. P.P. 1833, XX	p. 66
Cobbett's First Factory Visit	p. 67
Aprons for Mr Ashton's Girls	p. 68
Bacon Every Day	p. 69
Saltaire Shows the World	p. 69
'A bite and a run.' P.P. 1833, XX	p. 71
Dreadful Mutilations. P.P., Lords, 1842; 27	p. 72
Promiscuous Privies. P.P. 1833, XX; 1843, XIV	p. 72
Child Labour
Parish Apprentices	p. 75
'Dismal solitudes of torture.'	p. 77
One Idiot in Every Batch	p. 78
Robert Blincoe's Own Story. P.P. 1833, XXI	p. 79
The Boy from St Pancras Workhouse	p. 81
Mr Moss the Apprentice-Master. P.P. 1816, III	p. 85
'A parcel of bitches.' P.P. 1816, III	p. 88
Happy Backbarrow! P.P. 1816, III	p. 89
Mr Dale's Apprentices	p. 90
Dr Percival's Manifesto. P.P. 1816, III	p. 92
The First Factory Act. 42 Geo. III, 87	p. 93
The Act That Never Was. P.P. 1816, III	p. 96
The Parish Apprentices Report. P.P. 1814-15, V	p. 97
Peel's Committee	p. 100
Sir Robert's Fresh Appeal. P.P. 1816, III	p. 102
Mr Buchanan Sees Nothing Much Wrong. P.P. 1816, III	p. 103
Mr Wedgwood Wants to be Left Alone. P.P. 1816, III	p. 105
Too Busy for Crime. P.P. 1816, III	p. 106
Salutary Exercise. P.P. 1816, III	p. 107
Shilling Bargains. P.P. 1816, III	p. 107
Robert Owen's Evidence. P.P. 1816, III	p. 108
A slight Expectoration. P.P., Lords, 1818; 9	p. 110
The Doctor Who Couldn't (or Wouldn't) Say. P.P., Lords, 1818; 9	p. 112
'Be off now.' P.P. Lords, 1819; 16	p. 113
'It was me that pushed her.' P.P., Lords, 1819; 16	p. 113
Sadler's Committee	p. 115
Sadler's Impassioned Oration	p. 117
The Trials of Elizabeth Bentley. P.P. 1831-32, XV	p. 121
What Made the Children Crooked. P.P. 1831-32, XV	p. 122
My Boy Edwin. P.P. 1831-32, XV	p. 123
Why Mrs Hebergam Cried	p. 124
How They Kept the Children Awake. P.P. 1831-32, XV	p. 125
Fines and Floggings. P.P. 1831-32, XV	p. 125
Ann Coulson's Punishment. P.P. 1831-32, XV	p. 126
The Sadistic Overlooker. P.P. 1831-32, XV	p. 127
They Had No Clock. P.P. 1831-32, XV	p. 128
Mother to the Rescue. P.P. 1831-32, XV	p. 129
The Girl Who Got Away. P.P. 1831-32, XV	p. 130
'Easing nature' to Order. PP. 1831-32, XV	p. 131
High Marks for Mr Wood. P.P. 1831-32, XV	p. 132
Horses Preferred. P.P. 1831-32, XV	p. 133
Clothes Torn Off Her Back. P.P. 1831-32, XV	p. 133
Richard Oastler on 'Yorkshire Slavery'. P.P. 1831-32, XV	p. 134
Children in Factories (1833)	p. 137
The Child Beaters. P.P. 1833, XX	p. 139
Lament for the Tired Little Ones. P.P. 1833, XX	p. 141
'A case is made out.' P.P. 1833, XX	p. 142
Fast Asleep. P.P. 1833, XX	p. 143
'All the masters licked me.' P.P. 1833, XX	p. 144
The Strange Tale of the Little Girl Who Was 'Weighted'. P.P. 1833, XX	p. 145
Why Children Leave Home. P.P. 1833, XX	p. 149
Dragged Naked from Their Beds. P.P. 1833, XX	p. 150
The Black Holes of Worsley. P.P. 1833, XX	p. 151
Lancashire's Little Girls	p. 153
Avaricious Parents. P.P. 1839, XIX	p. 154
The Anonymous Letter. P.P. 1850, XXIII	p. 154
Children in Coal Mines	p. 156
The 1842 Report. P.P. 1842, XV	p. 157
Lonely Little Trappers. P.P. 1842, XVI	p. 163
'I daren't sing in the dark.' P.P. 1842, XVI	p. 164
Her Lamp Had Gone Out. P.P. 1842, XVII	p. 164
Little Boy Lost	p. 165
The Boy Who Stole a Dinner. P.P. 1842, XVII	p. 166
Vicious-tempered Colliers. P.P. 1842, XV	p. 166
They Soon Got Used To It. P.P. 1842, XV	p. 167
Four-year-old Miner. P.P. 1842, XV	p. 167
Quite a Catch!	p. 168
The Price of a Drink. P.P. 1842, XVI	p. 168
'A very ignorant child.' P.P. 1842, XVII	p. 169
Higher than St Paul's. P.P. 1842, XV	p. 169
'Perfectly beautiful.' P.P. 1842, XV	p. 171
'Father makes me like it.' P.P. 1842, XVI	p. 171
Little Ann Ambler. P.P. 1842, XV	p. 172
'A pick in my bottom.' P.P. 1842, XV	p. 172
The Miner's Apprentice. P.P. 1843, XIII	p. 173
A Minor Disaster. P.P. 1842, XVII	p. 174
Young Lump. P.P. 1842, XVII	p. 174
Lord Londonderry's Rejoinder. Hansard, Lords, 1842	p. 175
Children in Trades and Manufactures	p. 177
Child Workers: The 1843 Report in Outline. P.P. 1843, XIII	p. 178
The Little Pin-makers. P.P. 1843, XIV	p. 183
'I dolly and I blow.' P.P. 1843, XV	p. 184
'Little Black Dens' of Sedgeley. P.P. 1843, XV	p. 185
'Infant slaves' in Stirlingshire Nail-works. P.P. 1843, XV	p. 186
Lancashire Nailers. P.P. 1843, XIV	p. 187
'A flash of lightning.' P.P. 1843, XIII	p. 188
'Nailed to the counter.' P.P. 1843, XV	p. 189
Sheer Carelessness! P.P. 1843, XIII	p. 190
'A kick o' the rump.' P.P. 1843, XV	p. 191
'Make the place stink.' P.P. 1843, XIV	p. 191
Horrible Prospect for Sheffield's Young Grinders. P.P. 1843, XIV	p. 192
Infant Lace-workers. P.P. 1843, XIII	p. 193
Dangerous Busks. P.P. 1843, XIII	p. 194
'Early Slavery' in Kidderminster Carpet Factories. P.P. 1843, XIV	p. 195
Behind the Scenes in a Staffordshire Pottery. P.P. 1843, XIV	p. 195
Tea and Cakes for Good Little Girls. P.P. 1843, XIII	p. 198
Spurring Them On. P.P. 1843, XIV	p. 199
In a London Match Factory. P.P. 1843, XIV	p. 200
Down by the Glasgow Tobacco-works. P.P. 1843, XIII	p. 201
Hot Work for the Stove Girls. P.P. 1843, XV	p. 202
Little Sarah of the Brick-fields. P.P. 1843, XV	p. 203
Home Work Worse than in the Factory. P.P. 1843, XIV	p. 203
Moral Condition of the Child Workers. P.P. 1843, XIII	p. 204
Child Labour: For and Against	p. 209
Why Children Must Work	p. 210
Now When We Were Children	p. 212
Long Hours, Light Labour	p. 212
'Lively elves.'	p. 214
'My own bodily experience.'	p. 214
All in a Day's Walk	p. 216
Who is Really to Blame...	p. 217
Pleasant, and Well Paid	p. 218
Woman's Place
The Factory Girl	p. 219
Lancashire Witches	p. 220
Not so Ugly!	p. 222
Belles of the Loom	p. 222
You Should See Her on Sunday! P.P. 1831-32, XV	p. 223
Miss Eighteen's Dress Bill. P.P. 1833, XX	p. 224
Factory Dress-and Undress. P.P. 1819, XVI, 1833, XX	p. 225
Bradford's Mill Girls	p. 226
The London Milliner. P.P. 1843, XIV	p. 227
The Milliner's Apprentice. P.P. 1843, XIV	p. 228
The Girl at the Hanging. P.P. 1833, XX	p. 229
Independent Young Women. P.P. 1840, XXIV	p. 229
Factory Wives	p. 231
Parson Bull's Opinion. P.P. 1831-32, XV	p. 232
Apology for Factory Wives. P.P. 1833, XX	p. 233
My Mother, Poor Thing! P.P. 1842, XIV	p. 234
My Two Wives. P.P. 1833, XX	p. 235
The Woman with Two Jobs. P.P. 1833, XX	p. 236
Keeping Baby Quiet. P.P. 1843, XIV, XV	p. 236
Married Love in Bolton	p. 237
The Woman with a Mangle	p. 238
Liverpool's Public Wash-house: Rules. P.P. 1844, XVII	p. 241
The Housewives' Endless Battle. P.P. 1845, XVIII	p. 241
'Cruel work' at the Tommy Shop. P.P. 1843, XIII	p. 242
Dyspepsia in Brummagem. P.P. 1843, XIV	p. 243
Women in Coal Mines	p. 245
Scotland's Women Slaves'	p. 247
'Better than she is bonny.' P.P. 1851, XXIII	p. 250
'Beastly girls' in the 'Dismal Shades'	p. 251
'No brothel can beat it.' P.P. 1842, XVI	p. 253
Indescribably Disgusting. P.P. 1842, XVII	p. 255
Betty Harris's Belt and Chain. P.P. 1842, XV	p. 256
'Tell the Queen Victoria.' P.P. 1842, XVI	p. 257
'Brought it up in my skirt.' P.P. 1842, XVII, XVI	p. 258
Why Women Were Preferred. P.P. 1842, XVI	p. 259
The Trials of Patience. P.P. 1842, XVII	p. 260
A Good Pair of Trousers. P.P. 1842, XVII	p. 260
Women's Underground Dress. P.P. 1842, XV, XVII	p. 261
Mary Holmes's Breeches. P.P. 1842, XVI	p. 262
Elizabeth's Day. P.P. 1842, XVI	p. 263
'I never learnt nought.' P.P. 1842, XVI	p. 264
Feminine Ablutions. P.P. 1842, XV, XVII	p. 265
'Best out of pits, the lasses.' P.P. 1842, XV, XVI	p. 266
Work Harder, Marry Later. P.P. 1842, XVI	p. 267
'I wouldna gang down again.' P.P. 1844, XVI	p. 268
What Happened to the Women Miners. P.P. 1844, XVI	p. 269
No Parish Relief. P.P. 1844, XVI	p. 269
Three-pence a Day. P.P. 1844, XVI	p. 271
Ungrateful Females! P.P. 1845, XVII	p. 271
The Women Who Went Back. P.P. 1850, XXIII	p. 272
Girls of the Pit Bank	p. 274
Singing at Their Work. P.P. 1842, XVI	p. 274
So Very Unfeminine! P.P. 1843, XV	p. 275
The Hovel at the Pit Mouth. P.P. 1843, XV	p. 276
They Call for Their Pints. P.P. 1843, XV	p. 276
Good-looking Welsh Girls. P.P. 1842, XVII	p. 277
Sexual Relations	p. 279
Sex in the Factory	p. 280
What the Midwives Revealed. P.P. 1833, XXI	p. 282
A Girl's Road to Ruin. P.P. 1843, XIV	p. 284
Seduction in the Mill. P.P. 1834, XIX	p. 285
In the Theatre Gallery. P.P. 1843, XIV	p. 286
Bad Housing, Bad Morals	p. 287
What Impressed the Vicar	p. 288
'Keeping Company Together.' P.P. 1833, XXI	p. 289
Sex and the Young Factory Workers. P.P. 1843, XV	p. 290
Shocking Incident in Sheffield. P.P. 1843, XIV	p. 291
Saturday Night in Leeds	p. 292
Driven to Prostitution. P.P. 1843, XIV; 1831-2, XV; 1833, XX	p. 293
Wolverhampton's Prostitutes. P.P. 1843, XIII	p. 294
'Strangers to Modesty.'	p. 295
Manchester Statistics. P.P. 1833, XXI	p. 297
A Very Curious Fact. P.P. 1831-2, XV	p. 297
Disgraceful Books. P.P. 1831-2, XV	p. 298
'Drugs and Stuff.' P.P. 1833, XX	p. 299
'Most indecent practices.'	p. 299
'What is Love?'	p. 300
The State of the Towns
A Gazetteer of Disgusting Places	p. 305
Manchester in 1795	p. 308
Dr Kay's Manchester	p. 309
Manchester's Deficiencies	p. 312
Black Spots of Bethnal Green	p. 313
My Visit to the Wynds of Glasgow	p. 315
'Worse off than wild animals.'	p. 317
'Only nicknames, like dogs.'	p. 318
Back to Back in Liverpool. P.P. 1845, XVIII	p. 318
'I could not believe this at first.'	p. 319
Birmingham Features. P.P. 1843, XIV	p. 320
'Most Filthy' Bradford. P.P. 1845, XVIII	p. 321
Sheffield Smoke and Grime. P.P. 1843, XIV	p. 322
The Filthy Yards of Leeds. P.P. 1845, XVIII	p. 322
Halifax Fights the Dirt. P.P. 1845, XVIII	p. 323
Nottingham's Insanitary Labyrinth. P.P. 1845, XVIII	p. 324
'Low and grovelling.' P.P. 1845, XVIII	p. 325
Not Enough Water in Bath. P.P., Lords, 1842, 26	p. 326
'Windsor is the worst.' P.P., Lords, 1842, 26	p. 327
Holyrood Not Fit for Her Majesty. P.P. 1840, XI	p. 327
Greenock's Monster Dunghill. P.P., Lords, 1842, 26	p. 328
A Nice Town, Inverness. P.P., Lords, 1842, 26	p. 329
Homes and Habits of the Scottish Colliers. P.P., Lords, 1842, 28	p. 329
Merthyr's Inconvenienced Females. P.P. 1845, XVIII	p. 331
'Extreme of human misery.' P.P. 1840, XXIV	p. 332
The Health of Towns Report. P.P. 1840, XI	p. 333
Chadwick the Sanitary Reformer	p. 336
Chadwick's Famous Outburst. P.P., Lords, 1842, 26	p. 339
Jack Straw's Houses. P.P., Lords, 1842, 27	p. 339
The Worst Smell of All. P.P., Lords, 1842, 26	p. 340
Queen Victoria's Wedding Day. P.P., Lords, 1842, 26	p. 341
Six to a Bed in Bury. P.P., Lords, 1842, 26	p. 342
Chadwick's Conclusions and Recommendations. P.P., Lords, 1842, 26	p. 343
Nottingham's Water Supply. P.P. 1844, XVII	p. 345
The Economics of Refuse Collection. P.P. 1844, XVII	p. 346
The Builder's Fancy. P.P. 1844, XVII	p. 349
Queuing Up for Water. P.P. 1845, XVII	p. 349
Buried in a City Sewer. P.P. 1845, XVII	p. 350
Reckless Nightmen. P.P. 1845, XVIII	p. 351
The Interment in Towns Report. P.P. 1843, XII	p. 352
Recreation and Amusements	p. 355
Manchester Wants Parks	p. 356
A Plea for Public Walks. P.P. 1833, XV	p. 356
'At home in their dirt.' P.P. 1840, XI	p. 358
Skittles in Birmingham. P.P., Lords, 1842, 27	p. 358
Closed on Sundays in Sheffield. P.P. 1843, XIV	p. 359
Sunday in Wolverhampton. P.P. 1843, XV	p. 360
Liverpool's River. P.P. 1845, XVIII	p. 361
Pit-People's Hobbies. P.P. 1842, XV	p. 361
Wanted: Public Libraries. P.P. 1849, XVII	p. 362
The Continental Sunday, P.P. 1833, XX	p. 363
Index	p. 364
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