Seth Luther

Seth Luther (1795 – April 29, 1863) was an American antebellum workers' and suffrage organizer based in Providence, Rhode Island. A carpenter by trade, Luther was renowned in his time for his oratory skills and early work to organize workers into trade unions in the New England area. He was a key player in Rhode Island's Dorr Rebellion of 1842, where the working people of Rhode Island took up arms in an ill-fated crusade to expand voting to non-property holding men. Later in life, he was arrested and institutionalized after trying to rob a bank in the name of American President James K. Polk. He died in the Brattleboro Asylum on April 29, 1863. In 2001, the Rhode Island Heritage Society inducted Luther into its Hall of Fame in recognition of his pioneering work on behalf of union organizing in Rhode Island. Provided by Wikipedia
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    An address delivered before the mechanics and working-men of the city of Brooklyn, on the celebration of the sixtieth anniversary of American independence, July 4, 1836
    by Luther, Seth, 1795-1863
    Published 1836

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    An address to the working-men of New England, on the state of education, and on the condition of the producing classes in Europe and America, with particular reference to the effect of manufacturing, (as now conducted,) on the health and happiness of the poor, and on the safety of our republic, delivered in Boston... /
    by Luther, Seth, 1795-1863
    Published 1832

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    An address to the working men of New England, on the State of education, and on the condition of the producing classes in Europe and America : with particular reference to the effect of manufacturing (as now conducted) on the health and happiness of the poor, and on the safety of our republic
    by Luther, Seth, 1795-1863
    Published 1833

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    An address on the origin and progress of avarice, and its deleterious effects on human happiness, with a proposed remedy for the countless evils resulting from an inordinate desire for wealth. Delivered before the Union Association of Working Men, in the town hall, Charlestown, Mass., January 30, 1834. /

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    An address to the workingmen of New-England, on the state of education, and on the condition of the producing classes in Europe and America : with particular reference to the effect of manufacturing (as now conducted) on the health and happiness of the poor, and on the safety of our republic ... /

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