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Wendell Phillips: “The Foundation of the Labor Movement”

( 1871 ) Commentary by James Brewer Stewart, Macalester College

Glossary

coolies an offensive term referring to unskilled Asian workers
Crispins the Knights of St. Crispin, a shoemakers union
Czar the ruler of the Russian empire, at the time, Alexander II
Emperor William Wilhelm I, the first emperor of Germany
Internationals a general reference to internationally organized trade and labor unions

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Wendell Phillips (Library of Congress)

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