Logged out
Access All our Essays in an Instant
Swap your work for FREE access, or pay £4.99 for instant access
Do you think that Thomas Priestley’s evidence to the Middlesex magistrates is totally accurate?
Member rating: No Rating | Words: | Submitted: Mon Sep 22 2008
Page Preview
On the left is an image preview of every page of this document, and below are the first 150 words with formatting removed:
Do you think that Thomas Priestley's evidence to the Middlesex magistrates is totally accurate? Thomas Priestley and Joseph Sefton were apprentices at Samuel Greg's Quarry Bank Mill. Thomas Priestly was 13 when he ran away and Joseph Sefton was 17. They were bound by an indenture - which is a legal document binding an apprentice to an owner - in exchange for food, clothing, shelter and work. In 1806 Priestly and Sefton ran away from the Mill, but were later caught - supposedly stealing apples - and were taken before the Magistrates. Priestly was interviewed by the Magistrates. However, there is an argument that Priestley's report may be inaccurate. The first reason for this is that Thomas Priestly, as aforementioned, had an indenture against him. This meant that whatever he said, the Magistrates would send him back to the Mill, regardless of what Priestley said. Priestley would have known this, as...
Get instant access
- Instant, unlimited access to our documents in full
- Swap your work for free access, or pay £4.99
- To see the full version of this document and 149,430 others
