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‘Poor squalid deformed beings’ – cotton magnates employ child labour in Preston
Two cotton magnates dominated Preston in the 18th and 19th centuries: John Watson and John Horrocks. Watson ‘imported’ child labour from London to work in his factories. The ‘Wat apprentices’ […]
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