Oastler

/ ˈəʊstlə /

noun

1. OastlerRichard17891861MBritishSOCIAL SCIENCE: social reformer Richard. 1789–1861, British social reformer; he campaigned against child labour and helped achieve the ten-hour day (1847)

Example Sentences

I have heard Oastler speak of the tyranny of factory life in Keighley.

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Oastler said he would not present fiction to them, but tell them what he himself had seen.

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The matter was brought to a trial at Bingley, Oastler backing the father.

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The champions of that great movement were Fielding, Ferrand, and Oastler.

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Oastler took up the case of the children, twelve of whom with crooked legs he had exhibited in the House of Commons.

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