Stormy Petrel: The Life and Times of General Benjamin F. Butler, 1818-1893Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1969 - 335 pages |
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Page 40
... told Butler " that the hours of labor were too great a strain on the life - powers of the operatives , " that their hurriedly eaten meals could not be prop- erly digested , and that although the work they did was not gen- erally heavy ...
... told Butler " that the hours of labor were too great a strain on the life - powers of the operatives , " that their hurriedly eaten meals could not be prop- erly digested , and that although the work they did was not gen- erally heavy ...
Page 42
... told that they would also be blacklisted . A committee of three Coalitionist candidates interviewed Linus Child , agent of the Boott Corporation . Child , who seems to have been the noisiest , most belligerent opponent of the ten - hour ...
... told that they would also be blacklisted . A committee of three Coalitionist candidates interviewed Linus Child , agent of the Boott Corporation . Child , who seems to have been the noisiest , most belligerent opponent of the ten - hour ...
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... told the delegates " that the African slave - trade man is the Union man - the true Christian man . " He described " the slave - trade of Virginia " as " more inhuman , more unchristian , in every point of view , than the African slave ...
... told the delegates " that the African slave - trade man is the Union man - the true Christian man . " He described " the slave - trade of Virginia " as " more inhuman , more unchristian , in every point of view , than the African slave ...
Contents
Meet General Butler | 13 |
As the Twig is Bent | 20 |
A Practical Politician | 37 |
Copyright | |
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