Tony Woolrich's contribution for 2021's Bridgwater History Day, 'Is Killing in an Union Workhouse Criminal if Sanctioned by the Poor Law Commissioners?', read by Miles Kerr-Peterson.
Featuring an outline of the history of the Poor Law System and its operation, the disastrous implementation of the new system, and John Bowen's campaign against it.
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