"The oppressing hand of avarice would enslave us... we are free, we would remain in possession of what kind Providence has bestowed upon us, and remain daughters of freemen still."
— Suffolk Weavers' Petition Against Wage Reduction, February 1834
"The oppressing hand of avarice would enslave us... we are free, we would remain in possession of what kind Providence has bestowed upon us, and remain daughters of freemen still."
— Suffolk Weavers' Petition Against Wage Reduction, February 1834
