Return to search

Literary Activism: James Montgomery, Joanna Baillie, and the Plight of Britain’s Chimney Sweeps

Excerpt: On 6 February 1824, Joanna Baillie Notified Her Friend Walter Scott that Scottish poet James Montgomery, then living in Sherrield, England, had written to ask her for a poem on the plight on chimney sweeps, also known as climbing boys.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:ETSU/oai:dc.etsu.edu:etsu-works-1723
Date01 January 2012
CreatorsSlagle, Judith Bailey
PublisherDigital Commons @ East Tennessee State University
Source SetsEast Tennessee State University
Detected LanguageEnglish
Typetext
SourceETSU Faculty Works

Page generated in 0.002 seconds