. History of New Haven County, Connecticut . their hardships with them, and beinga gifted mind and an independent thinker, he was necessarily prom-inent among his peers in that troublous period of English history. Itwas the period when the labor agitations of all succeeding years hadtheir birth, and Manchester was the particular nursery of the potentideas which have since developed into the future comparative pros-perity of the laboring man in England. The social condition of Eng-land during that period could hardly have been worse for the poorman, seen from whatever point of view may be taken
. History of New Haven County, Connecticut . their hardships with them, and beinga gifted mind and an independent thinker, he was necessarily prom-inent among his peers in that troublous period of English history. Itwas the period when the labor agitations of all succeeding years hadtheir birth, and Manchester was the particular nursery of the potentideas which have since developed into the future comparative pros-perity of the laboring man in England. The social condition of Eng-land during that period could hardly have been worse for the poorman, seen from whatever point of view may be taken. The laws ofthe land were exceedingly oppressive. Many were starving, workwas scarce, bread was high, prisons were crowded, the criminal courtswere active, the penal code was terribly severe, misery abounded, andthe groans of the people found no redress. Mr. Wallaces naturally strong, independent mind drank all thisin, and his sympathies were with the down-trodden people amongwhom he classed himself. He was readv for great action, but too.
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