The Earl Who Went Underground
In 1842, Anthony Ashley Cooper, the seventh Earl of Shaftesbury, did something no British nobleman was expected to do. He read the testimony of children...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Psalm 72:1-7, 10-14.
In 1842, Anthony Ashley Cooper, the seventh Earl of Shaftesbury, did something no British nobleman was expected to do. He read the testimony of children — some as young as five — who crawled through coal mine shafts so narrow they could not stand, dragging carts on chains fastened to their waists. He did not look away. Shaftesbury brought their words to Parliament.…
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