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Analysis of the 1834 Poor Law Impact by Sam Fairire is a document available to read on EtoBox.
The Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834 established workhouses that provided harsh, mandatory labor in exchange for minimal food and shelter. This separated families and forced the poor to abandon their homes. Charles Dickens witnessed these conditions and drew from his experiences to criticize the workhouses and their heartless officials in his novel Oliver Twist, highlighting their cruelty and hypocrisy in preaching morality while mistreating the poor.
- Author
- Sam Fairire
- Language
- EN