Project Gutenberg 2004-11-01 Public domain in the USA. 44 Banks, Louis Albert 1855 1933 White Slaves; or, the Oppression of the Worthy Poor Reading ease score: 63.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Steve Schulze, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. This file was produced from images generously made available by the CWRU Preservation Department Digital Library "White Slaves; or, the Oppression of the Worthy Poor" by Louis Albert Banks is a social critique written during the late 19th century. The work focuses on the oppressive conditions faced by the impoverished laborers in Boston, particularly women and children who are forced to work in sweatshops under inhumane conditions for meager wages. Banks aims to shed light on the plight of these individuals and urges society to recognize their suffering and advocate for justice. The opening of the book reveals the author's personal motivations, stemming from his experiences as a city pastor, as he recounts observations of the dire living conditions of the poor in Boston. Banks introduces the term "white slaves" to describe workers exploited by a system that prioritizes profit over human dignity. Through vivid examples, he details the distressing stories of various families working under extreme stress and for paltry compensation, comparing their struggles to historical forms of slavery. Banks calls for sympathy and action to combat the systemic oppression of the working poor, emphasizing the moral responsibility of society to improve their circumstances. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Working class -- Massachusetts -- Boston Sweatshops Poor -- Massachusetts -- Boston HV Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Sociology 305530 305296 2024-10-03T10:52:01.142328 2023-10-03T09:38:40.000524 text/html text/html 305523 305289 2024-10-03T10:52:01.398328 2023-10-03T09:38:40.164528 text/html text/html 205716 2024-10-03T10:52:08.971282 application/epub+zip 208639 2024-10-03T10:52:04.859304 application/epub+zip 187184 2024-10-03T10:52:03.613310 application/epub+zip 429758 2024-10-03T10:52:12.150484 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 408042 2024-10-03T10:52:08.183281 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 364380 2022-09-03T13:36:10.039158 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 282387 282204 2024-10-03T10:52:00.811315 2023-10-03T09:38:39.775514 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 277348 2020-12-30T01:40:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 108663 2020-12-30T01:40:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19039 2024-10-03T10:52:12.276267 application/rdf+xml 20525 2024-10-03T10:52:04.158298 image/jpeg 4527 2024-10-03T10:52:03.888310 image/jpeg 203311 2024-10-03T10:52:01.425349 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog