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'''Michael Thomas Sadler''' ([[January 3]], [[1780]] - [[July 29]], [[1835]]) British radical politician, philanthropic businessman, and leader of the factory reform movement in England, who was a forerunner of the reformers from the working class whose activities (from the late 1830s) became known as [[Chartism]]. 


Born at [http://www.derbyshireuk.net/snelston.html Snelston], [[Derbyshire]], while he was still young he assisted the [[Methodism|Methodist movement]]. In 1800 he moved to [[Leeds]] where he became an importer of Irish [[Linen|linens]]. He was [[Tory]] [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Newark-on-Trent|Newark]], 1829 and 1830, and for [[Aldborough]], North Yorkshire]] 1831-1832. He moved unsuccessfully for the establishment of poor law in Ireland, and moved resolution for improving the living conditions of the agricultural poor in England, 1831. On March 16, 1832 Sadler introduced a Bill in the [[House of Commons]] that proposed limiting the hours of all persons under the age of 18 to ten hours a day. Parliament was unwilling to pass Sadler's bill, but in April 1832 it was agreed that there should be another parliamentary enquiry into child labour. Sadler was made (contracted; show full)

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