Spinning cotton (IMAGE)

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Spinning cotton

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Spinning, no. 6 from JR Barfoot's The Progress of Cotton (1840). In this period, Manchester was the centre of the cotton industry and referred to as 'Cottonopolis'. Before the introduction of labour reforms, many of Manchester’s semi- and unskilled workers put in twelve-hour days, six days a week, trapping them inside while wealthier people were free to move around the city, working, shopping and socialising.

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