1800s Today in Labor History February 24, 1831: The Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek was proclaimed. It was the first removal treaty of the Indian Removal Act. Under the treaty, the Choctaws in Mississippi gave up their land east of the Mississippi River (15 million acres) in exchange for cash and land in the West […]
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Today in Labor History January 18, 1788: The First Fleet arrived in Botany Bay, Australia, with 736 convicts from Great Britain. It took over 250 days to reach its destination. The penal colony became the first European settlement in Australia. Mary Bryant, with her husband, children and 6 other convicts escaped the colony and eventually returned to England.
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1810s-1870s Today in Labor History May 27, 1819: Poet, author and activist Julia Ward Howe was born. She composed the lyrics to the Battle Hymn of the Republic. She also wrote the pacifist Mother’s Day Proclamation, which led to the creation of Mother’s Day. Today in Labor History May 27, 1871: Today was the end
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Today in Labor History May 25, 1805: The authorities arrested striking shoemakers (cordwainers) in Philadelphia. The authorities charged them with criminal conspiracy for violating an English common law that barred schemes aimed at forcing wage increases. In 1794, the Federal Society of Journeymen Cordwainers organized around protecting wages and blocking scabs from taking their jobs at
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Today in Labor History April 1, 1649: Diggers occupied St. George’s Hill, in Surrey, England. They seized the land to hold in common in order to grow food. As a result of their success, other Digger communities followed in other regions. The Diggers are sometimes seen as forerunners of modern anarchism. In 1966, members of
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Today in Labor History March 31 The Scandal Concert, Vienna. Concert goers rioted in frustration over modernist music.
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200 Early Photographs by William Henry Fox Talbot will be auctioned off in New York next month. You can see some of those photos here. The works are remarkable for their beauty and historical significance. They are among the earliest photographs ever made. And they offer a rare glimpse into early Victorian life that is
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The following terms and phrases are used by the miners and workers in Anywhere But Schuylkill. A-B C-D E-F G-H I-K L-M N-O P-R S-T U-Z A-B According to Hoyle: doing things strictly by the book, or according to the rules. It refers to Edmond Hoyle (1671-1769), a British barrister and writer who was the