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work song

An American trio … Labor is one of the great elements of society – the great substantial interest on which we all stand. Not feudal service, or predial toil, or the irksome drudgery by one race of mankind subjected, on … Continue reading

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labor endorsement

From the April 2, 1864 issue of Harper’s Weekly at Son of the South: PRESIDENT LINCOLN ON THE RIGHTS OF LABOR. A Committee of the New York Workingmen’s Democratic Republican Association waited upon the President a few days since, to … Continue reading

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On the Waterfront and Elsewhere

From the Richmond Daily Dispatch October 20, 1862: Scarcity of laborers at the North. –In some portions of the State workmen are scarce, in consequence of the drain for the war. The laborers upon the wharves of this city have … Continue reading

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