THE RICH AND THE POOR

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THE RICH AND THE POOR
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• Workhouses
• Industrial Revolution
• Charles Dickens
• Benjamin Disraeli
• -The 1834 poor law

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WORKHOUSES
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the grim world of Oliver Twist
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WHAT WAS A WORKHOUSE?
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Workhouse Schools
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Inside the Workhouse
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Industrial Revolution
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From Country to Town

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Charles Dickens
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(1812-1870)
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Benjamin Disraeli
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His book the rich and the poor 
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THE 1834 POOR LAW
Hubert von Herkomer, Westminster Union, The
Graphic (7th April, 1877)
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Earl Grey
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Thomas Carlyle
 The New Poor Law is an announcement ... that
whosoever will not work ought not to live. Can
the poor man that is willing to work always find
work and live by his work? A man willing but
unable to find work is ... the saddest thing
under the sun. 
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The New Poor Law