Oastler
/ (ˈəʊstlə) /
Richard. 1789–1861, British social reformer; he campaigned against child labour and helped achieve the ten-hour day (1847)
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How to use Oastler in a sentence
I have heard Oastler speak of the tyranny of factory life in Keighley.
Adventures and Recollections | Bill o'th' Hoylus EndOastler said he would not present fiction to them, but tell them what he himself had seen.
Adventures and Recollections | Bill o'th' Hoylus EndThe matter was brought to a trial at Bingley, Oastler backing the father.
Adventures and Recollections | Bill o'th' Hoylus EndThe champions of that great movement were Fielding, Ferrand, and Oastler.
Adventures and Recollections | Bill o'th' Hoylus EndOastler 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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