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Bentham and Reformers in Early 19th Century England
The excerpt surveys social reform, temperance, and radical journalism in Lancashire and beyond. It notes tavern culture, church rates funding sobriety efforts, Sunday schools shaping political thought, and the personal history of John Prentice and his colleagues, including Bentham for whom the writer expresses admiration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Hunt
Bob Short
Court of King’s Bench
Willie
Lancashire
John Edwin Taylor
Guardian
Prentice
Stedfast
Cowdrey's Gazette
Cear
Manchester Examiner
Times
Taylor
John Foster
Bentham
Jeremie Bentuam
P. J. David
New Orleana
Lockhart
St. James’s Park
London
House of Lords