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00:00I need to find my baptism certificate.
00:02It'll help me find my family.
00:03Hello, Mr.
00:05This isn't one of the slave plantations.
00:07This is England.
00:11But it's inhuman, Robert.
00:12And it's not the way we do things here.
00:15If Susanna goes, I go too.
00:17We go together as man and wife.
00:19Sign that.
00:20Sign it, and I'll allow you to stay in the village.
00:23It's Mr. and Mrs. Bate.
00:25Their purpose is to delay the passing of the 10-hour bill.
00:29A bill that merely seeks to ensure that no child works more than 10 hours a day.
00:35We don't abandon children injured in our service, Robert.
00:39It can work for me.
00:40Fine.
00:41But he'll have to prove himself adept at something more than plate-carrying.
00:44Liverpool's that way.
00:46You go that way.
00:47Cross that field.
00:49Did you get to see Catherine in the workhouse?
00:52I think Timpley killed your sister.
01:03I think Timpley killed their daughter.
01:06Let's go.
01:45I'm going to tell them.
01:46Look, they won't listen.
01:48They never do.
01:49She was my sister.
01:50We need proof.
01:52I want to see her.
01:54She'll be in her grave by now.
01:57If Timpley finds out we know what he's done, then we'll be in danger.
02:01You think he won't do her again to cover his tracks?
02:03Thanks.
02:06So how do we get proof?
02:09By Dartan.
02:11And as I've got to be here for an extra two years now, I've got plenty of that.
02:23I've got plenty of that.
02:57Runs very smoothly.
02:59We're making some progress.
03:09Is that...
03:12Did that just stop automatically?
03:17That's more than some progress.
03:20It's not finished yet.
03:24I'll apply for the patent.
03:26Soon as I get back from London.
03:29Well done.
03:41You had to find out eventually.
03:56Now that you've signed the document.
04:01He has no reason to send me away anymore.
04:05Now we don't have to get married.
04:10Here.
04:12Now.
04:13Speaking freely without coercion.
04:18I love you.
04:20And I want to be with you.
04:50I'm looking for a girl.
04:52She came here from Liverpool Workhouse.
04:54Yeah.
04:54You'll have to make an appointment at the mill office.
04:57I've come a long way.
04:58We don't deal with Liverpool.
05:00Well, you did.
05:01According to this.
05:02She left it in me parish church.
05:04Her name's Esther Price.
05:07I'm her sister.
05:12She ran away.
05:15Right in the mill room.
05:17She's here.
05:19She's here.
05:19She's running away from now.
05:22Tommy?
05:23Oh, er.
05:24Esther's sister.
05:26All the way from Liverpool.
05:29I think we'd better go inside.
05:35Take that throw into the kitchen, Tommy.
05:40I'm sorry.
05:42My son runs the mill and he's away at the moment.
05:44If you'd like to leave your request in writing, he will deal with it in due course.
05:48It's cost me the best part of a week's wage to get here.
05:50It won't be possible for you to see her today.
05:53Why not?
05:53She's serving her punishment.
05:55I told you, she ran away.
05:57Not that she'd returned.
06:01When can I see her?
06:02My son makes those kinds of decisions and as I say...
06:05Is this a mill or a prison?
06:06For apprentices, it's a home.
06:08That their parents fail to provide for them.
06:12What time does she finish?
06:14Sometime after nine this evening.
06:15She'll be praying for the ten-hour bill then?
06:17Like the rest of us?
06:19You'll need to go now.
06:20Don't tell me what I need to do.
06:22There are writing materials over here.
06:25If you wish to leave your sister a note, I will make sure that she gets it.
06:35I thought it wise not to let Esther speak to outsiders.
06:39Thank you, Mr. Timperley.
06:44Tommy?
06:48What did you tell her?
06:50No, just to go to the office, miss.
06:53Are you sure that was all?
06:55Yes, miss.
06:56Master Robert's in the middle of some very important business and the timing of this visit is very inconvenient.
07:04So don't breathe a word of it to Esther.
07:06I'll tell her when it's more appropriate.
07:10Off you go.
07:20I'll leave me name and address.
07:22I'll expect her to write and I'll know her and...
07:26Of course.
07:31Father Collins will read it for me.
08:06Mrs. Gregg.
08:08When Susanna gets married, there'll be a spare bed and we were wondering if Lucy's sister, Catherine, could take her.
08:14And only before we bother Master Robert or anyone else, we were hoping you might be kind enough to write
08:20and make an inquiry about her.
08:22Ask how she is.
08:27Mr. Timperley?
08:29Mr. Timperley?
08:33Do you remember Lucy's sister?
08:36Yes.
08:37Can you find out how she's faring at the workhouse?
08:39The girls have asked me to make some inquiries.
08:42Will you see if she's fit for work now?
08:45See what I can do.
08:58Come and sit beside me.
09:01Come and sit beside me.
09:13As you know, I was ordered to take your sister back to the workhouse.
09:21On the way, I was poking over my shoulder, trying to keep her spirits up.
09:29When she leapt off the cart and ran into some woods, I searched, called out her name.
09:40She must have preferred to take her chances than go back to the workhouse.
09:46I've now discovered that she's been found dead in a field about ten miles from here.
09:52I am so sorry.
09:57These things are always hard to accept.
10:01Right now, Mrs. Craig is having to accept that she may soon lose her dear husband.
10:09We mustn't add to Mrs. Craig's sorrows.
10:14By burdening her with us.
10:16Do you understand?
10:19Hmm?
10:38We'll get him.
10:39Don't worry.
10:41No.
10:42We'll get him.
10:44Somehow.
10:46Somehow.
11:09Did you sleep?
11:13They say it gets easier with time.
11:30She told you about her sister.
11:34Thank you for taking the trouble of finding out Mr. T.
11:38At least she knows now.
12:10I'm very happy about you and Daniel.
12:16Robert will look after you.
12:18They can count on it.
12:21Yes, master.
12:23And I'm sure your child will grow up to be a credit.
12:29To all of us.
12:53Master Samuel.
12:56Um, Catherine Garner, she came with Lucy and she was ill and you wanted her to stay but
13:03Master Robert said she couldn't.
13:05Get back over there!
13:07I'm so sorry for the impression.
13:08Leave us.
13:11Greg and sons, we've always taken great pride in the compassionate and Christian treatment
13:16we afford to the children in our care.
13:23Is this Christian?
13:26Your son made Lucy do this to me as a punishment.
13:31And all the time her sister was rotten in a field.
13:35Robert did that.
13:42Please, Master, bring Mr. Timberley to justice.
13:52I'll look into it.
13:54You have my word.
13:59Thomas.
14:02Good news.
14:03We'll be hearing no more about 10-hour days.
14:06It'll be 12 hours from under 18s.
14:08Sam!
14:09Sam!
14:10Robert's back from London!
14:16And?
14:19And all juveniles must have age certificates from now on and two hours schooling a day.
14:26But no prison for any employer who breaks the rules and only four inspectors to enforce them.
14:31Four for the whole country.
14:33Barely affect us.
14:34And abolition?
14:37August 1st, next year.
14:39Can you wait that long?
14:43So how will it work?
14:45In stages.
14:46Over seven years.
14:47They'll stop being slaves and become apprentices.
14:51This will be a £20 million compensation fund.
14:55Where is he?
15:01Out of the way!
15:02Come on!
15:06Better not be interfering again.
15:16Sam.
15:21Sam?
15:50Look at him.
15:50He knows it's over.
15:53Your tea's in the schoolroom.
15:55Don't blame me if it's stone cold.
15:57Something wrong, Mr. T?
16:00Master Samuel passed away this afternoon.
16:09I'm sorry.
16:11I tried.
16:17Nothing I do makes any difference.
16:24You got rid of Charlie Krauth?
16:26I went up before the peak.
16:28And I was fined.
16:32And I ran away to Liverpool.
16:35And wasted my time on some wild goose chase.
16:40I'm no one.
16:45You're not no one.
16:48And neither was Catherine.
16:50And you didn't waste your time and live a pill.
16:56My sister was here.
16:58Why didn't you let me see her?
16:59You can see her when your period of punishment is over.
17:02And when will that be?
17:03When this has grown?
17:05Or is there something else you're hiding?
17:07What do you mean?
17:11I know.
17:15I know what you are.
17:17You fat liar.
17:2020 hours for insolence.
17:22You'll never see her at this rate.
17:24Come on, Esther.
17:25Let's go.
17:26Where's the letter she left?
17:27There is no letter.
17:29She can't read or write.
17:30She hasn't had your advantages in life.
17:32She's out there.
17:33Somewhere.
17:35She's out there.
17:36She saw the message I left and come looking.
17:40And you were wrong about me.
17:44Because everything I've been through
17:46was worth it.
18:02Have you heard?
18:04We lost the 10-hour bill.
18:07We should never have put our faith on Parliament.
18:10We need to take power into our own hands.
18:13Organise industrially.
18:15Every mine and manufactory
18:16united for shorter hours.
18:18Demonstrations, strikes,
18:20whatever it takes.
18:21We need to set up a new national society
18:23and I want you to be our man here.
18:25We'll organise a meeting for Sunday.
18:27I'm getting married on Sunday.
18:29What?
18:30At last I saw you with at Wibsey?
18:32Susanna.
18:33What time?
18:34No.
18:35We'll make the meeting for three.
18:37I need to be in Stockport for eight o'clock.
18:40Oh, Susanna disapprove.
18:42You'll have the whole evening.
18:44Don't you think it's too late?
18:46We've only lost a battle as well.
18:48Despite Robert Gregg gloating in the lobby at Westminster,
18:51this isn't over.
18:52All these men have signed the documents.
18:53All the more reason for another meeting then.
18:55Don't not risk the jobs.
18:57Not now.
19:00After 100,000,
19:01you can march on Wibsey and be ignored.
19:05Have you signed?
19:11I'll have a family to sport come Monday.
19:13We all have families.
19:15Yeah, but we don't all have men contributing a penny a week to pay our wages.
19:17Your father would be spinning...
19:19You ready to go?
19:20Now!
19:20No, Pat.
19:21I'm fine.
19:22We're just talking.
19:33This might interest you.
19:34We had a visitor.
19:37A woman from Liverpool with quite a story to tell.
19:47We have received a report,
19:49the contents of which mortifies and disgusts us.
19:53It seems a young female apprentice
19:56who must remain anonymous for now.
20:00And we invite the poor wretch who was subjected to such...
20:05Medieval.
20:06Medieval punishment
20:08to contact us directly,
20:10after which we will be pleased to publish
20:12the full details of her ordeal
20:15and help reunite her with her family.
20:19That's me.
20:20It's about me and what he did to me.
20:24Did you tell him?
20:26Your sister told him.
20:32She didn't give up.
20:34How did she know?
20:38Tommy told her.
20:40Mrs. Gregg won't be pleased.
20:41Let's go.
20:42Esther.
20:44It's anonymous now.
20:45Hearsay.
20:47Doherty needs to speak to him in person before he can publish.
20:50If you let him name you,
20:51then we know going back.
20:57I don't care.
21:00He's organizing a meeting
21:01in the Horseshoe Sunday, 3 o'clock.
21:04We'll be there.
21:29You lied to me, Thomas.
21:32And you disobeyed me.
21:36On the day of my husband's passing,
21:39you broke your word
21:41and told Esther about her sister's visit.
21:44After everything I've done for you.
21:49What do you have to say for yourself?
21:58When you heard
21:59how Mary Plince was kept from her sisters,
22:02you cried.
22:07You are a most ungrateful child.
22:12I see now I made a mistake with you.
22:18Take him away.
22:19That man.
22:19The man in the meeting.
22:21The 10-hour bill, man.
22:22He was right.
22:22Get him out.
22:23And your slaves won't be free
22:25of their apprentices.
22:26Being an apprentice with us
22:27is the best a boy
22:28like you could hope for.
22:30Not anymore.
22:35Come here.
22:36No!
22:37Get off!
22:37Mia!
22:38No!
22:39Ah!
22:40Get off!
22:41This belongs to Mr. Roberts.
22:44No, it belongs to me.
22:45He gave it to me.
22:47Ah!
22:47Get off me!
22:48get off!
22:48Get off me a little!
22:49Get off me a little!
22:50Get off me a little!
23:12Sorry for your loss.
23:15Do you know it's to be Monday?
23:18Stopped the meal for the afternoon, which will have my father spinning in his casket.
23:30A wedding present.
23:32A share of the patent for the loan.
23:3550-50.
23:40You're a proud man.
23:42With good reason.
23:45I want to build on what my father created.
23:47Together, we can make that happen.
23:50Take it.
23:51You deserve this.
23:53And you have a family now.
23:55For Susanna.
24:12I do wish you both the very best.
24:42It'll be about the funeral.
24:44Look, don't cheer if he announces a day off.
24:47Look sad and keep your mouth shut.
24:52Have you seen Tommy?
24:54He'll be at the big house.
24:56No, but all the other domestics are here.
24:58Why isn't he here?
24:59You will have all heard by now of the passing of my father.
25:03And I'm sure he's in all your prayers.
25:06But before we've even laid Master Samuel to rest, it appears John Doherty is coming to disturb the peace of
25:13our grieving community.
25:15He's already provoked walkouts in Stockport and Lees.
25:20So I want to make one thing clear.
25:24Any man attending this meeting tomorrow is in breach of the document and will be dismissed.
25:32One person profits from John Doherty's wild schemes, his strikes and his newspapers, and that person is John Doherty himself.
25:42How does he profit?
25:46Ask Daniel Bate.
25:51He knows him better than anyone.
25:55What was Doherty's wage as secretary of the spinners' union?
26:00Tell them.
26:03One pound thirteen shillings.
26:05And what does he pay himself now to produce his propaganda rag?
26:12Three pounds a week.
26:14Three pound a week.
26:17The poor man's advocate not so poor.
26:20His only concern is with promoting discontent to suit his own ends.
26:26Am I right?
26:37I hate the man.
26:42But I love what he stands for.
26:46There is a better way.
26:49And you...
26:51You can't stop a man listening to another.
26:54Not on a Sunday.
26:55We're free men on a Sunday!
26:59I'll be going to his meeting.
27:01I'll be going to his meeting.
27:04You all should.
27:21I'll be there.
27:24And any man that I see there
27:26will be asked to leave the village
27:30and find work and lodgings elsewhere.
27:32You've been warned.
27:36What have you done with Tommy?
27:39Where is he?
28:06What was in the envelope?
28:09He tried to buy me off.
28:13I'll find work in Manchester.
28:15I know you're blacklisted.
28:16Well, further afield then.
28:18Do you expect me to come with you?
28:19Leave George and Miriam behind?
28:21What, you think they can't manage?
28:22They're not babies.
28:23You're not the mother.
28:25It's this one you should be thinking about.
28:27Oh, like you were just then?
28:28Yes.
28:29Because our children deserve better than this.
28:37How much was in the envelope, Daniel?
28:42Doesn't matter.
28:47Daniel?
28:51How much?
28:56Hello?
28:58I'm sorry.
29:03You told me I should take it for you.
29:09If you want to call off the wedding, I'll not blame you.
29:12But I have to go to that meeting.
29:20He...
29:21He bought my silence once.
29:29I was too afraid to stand up to him.
29:32The baby.
29:35He belongs to his brother.
29:37Will he?
29:38No.
29:38Yes.
29:39No, he doesn't.
29:44The baby's ours.
29:47The future could be too.
29:59Daniel.
30:00Will thou have this woman to thy wedded wife to live together after God's ordinance in the holy estate of
30:10matrimony?
30:12I will, this is Alice.
30:15Will thou have this man to thy wedded husband?
30:20I will.
30:35Did he tell you what I offered him?
30:38No.
30:38Was it a dowry?
30:40Or guilt money?
30:41It was a sincere offer.
30:44Your skills, my capital, we can do great things.
30:49It's science will make the world a better place.
30:52Not dreamers like John Doherty.
31:03Well, it's not Wipsy, is it?
31:07Daniel.
31:08Thanks for coming.
31:10And Susanna.
31:12Congratulations to you both, please.
31:14Come on in and take a seat.
31:23It's locked.
31:25They've locked us in.
31:29They have.
31:30I should be celebrating my sister's wedding now.
31:33We all should.
31:36Master Robert's scared.
31:38I'll tell Doherty what he did to me.
31:43You know, indentures are the only documents we've signed.
31:47They say nothing about locking us up on Sundays.
31:49No.
31:50She's right.
31:51It's not fair.
31:52It's not.
31:52Are we going to put up with it?
31:53No.
31:53Are we?
31:54No.
31:55Come on, let's get out of here.
31:56Get out.
31:59Get out.
32:01Get out.
32:01Get out.
32:02Get out.
32:02Get out.
32:03Get out.
32:04Get out.
32:05Get out.
32:05Get out.
32:06Get out.
32:06Get out.
32:10Get out.
32:11Get out.
32:11Get out.
32:12Get out.
32:13Get out.
32:15Get out.
32:15Where do you think you're going?
32:17The horseshoe.
32:18Unluckily for you.
32:19Get back.
32:19Back upstairs now.
32:21All of you.
32:21I mean it.
32:22I will thrash each and every one of you.
32:25Ha!
32:28Ah!
32:30Ah!
32:31Ah!
32:33Ah!
32:34Ah!
32:44Ah!
32:48Ah!
33:00Ah!
33:04Ah!
33:06Ah!
33:07Sittington is the opposite direction to Liverpool.
33:11Well, she must have travelled some distance before she fell.
33:15And you must have kept the apprentice fee for yourself.
33:19I'll pay it back.
33:21That child was in our care!
33:24No, Miss! It's a lynch mob!
33:31I know! Esther!
33:33Why is she in the kitchen?
33:35No, she's in the kitchen!
33:37No, she's in the kitchen!
33:44He's got a number back! Come on, quick!
34:10No, she's in the kitchen!
34:18No, I'm not going to get away!
34:19No, she's in the kitchen!
34:26No!
34:28No!
34:28He's in here some way!
34:33Get out of here, you bastard!
34:37Children, move away from the door.
34:39Come on, Van.
34:40Come on.
34:41Move away.
34:42Move away.
34:43We've got him now.
34:44Move away.
34:45I didn't kill her.
34:46Move away.
34:47I'll let her go.
34:48I have sent for the magistrate and his men.
34:50We must wait for the law to take its course.
34:52Wait for the law?
34:53Yes.
34:54Because without the law, we're just barbarians.
34:57And with it, what are you?
34:59My conscience is clear, Esther.
35:01And you can trust me.
35:02I promise you.
35:05Where's Tommy?
35:09He trusted you.
35:12He thought you were on our side.
35:15But when you took him into your home, you weren't nursing him.
35:18You were hiding him.
35:20I nursed him, and we saved his life.
35:23Like you hid my sister.
35:28John Doherty was right about you.
35:30You're a hypocrite.
35:34I released you from that room, Esther.
35:37And if I hadn't taught you to read and write, your sister never would have found you.
35:50Somebody stay here with Timpley.
35:52Make sure he doesn't get away.
35:54The rest of us, let's get to the horseship.
36:03This meeting is one of many being held to form a new organisation, the National Regeneration Society.
36:10And what we propose is this, that on the same date that the new Factory Act comes into force, March
36:16the 1st next year, that every manufacturing operative in the country shall work eight hours and eight only.
36:25Then they will walk out.
36:28They shan't ask permission from Parliament, or beg leave from their masters, that after eight hours of toil, they shall
36:35simply go home and see their families.
36:40If we are united, the old outdated system, whereby some work beyond their strength for inadequate wages, that system will
36:51end.
36:52If you are united.
36:59Esther.
37:01What is this?
37:03Your apprentice is by the look of it.
37:04Do not take one more step into this room.
37:07Do not take one more step into this room.
37:07Do not want to the ages.
37:07Do not want to the ages.
37:08Do not want to the ages to squeeze years of free labour out of you.
37:10It is not true.
37:11Esther.
37:11Take them back to your prince's house.
37:13Now.
37:13Esther.
37:17I'm your sister.
37:21Esther.
37:22The cruelest I've punished her.
37:24Lucy, do not.
37:24Myriam, do not.
37:24Myriam, do not.
37:25Myriam, do not.
37:26From seeing your family.
37:27Please come in again.
37:28No.
37:28Myriam, do not.
37:31Myriam, do not.
37:34Myriam, do not.
37:44Myriam, do not.
37:54Have you been looking for this?
38:02I knew you immediately.
38:05You look like ma'am.
38:07Do I?
38:12She died when you were born.
38:17It hit dad hard.
38:20He couldn't cope.
38:21Took to drink when he could afford it.
38:24It broke his heart when you had to go to the workhouse.
38:35I didn't think I'd ever see this.
38:42I doubted myself.
38:48Here it is.
38:51Here you are.
38:56March the 8th.
38:571816.
38:59I am 17.
39:01We always marked it.
39:03Every year.
39:07March the 8th.
39:10That's funny.
39:13It's the new law.
39:15It starts in March.
39:17For a whole week.
39:18For a whole week.
39:19They can only make me work 12 hours a day.
39:20Then I stay in 18.
39:22And they can do what they want.
39:24That's just to get me mouth shut.
39:30Sorry, but Doherty's got another meeting to get to.
39:33Tell him to wait.
39:35I'm talking to me sister.
39:44Listen to me.
39:45If you allow that man to name you, he could ruin us.
39:48He'll embarrass you perhaps.
39:50Make a mockery of your evidence to the factory commission.
39:53Business depends upon its reputation.
39:55If you ruin that, it won't just be me that you hurt.
39:59You'll never work in the cotton trade again.
40:01She can live with me and my family.
40:03Can you afford another mouth to feed?
40:06Can you find her a job?
40:08Get her off the streets and out of the workhouse?
40:10Can you do that?
40:16Esther, stay here.
40:18I'll wipe out all your fines.
40:20This is a beautiful place to live.
40:23You can have a family here.
40:25Have a good life.
40:34What about him?
40:36And Susanna?
40:37Can they raise a family here?
40:45If you keep your mouth shut, yes.
40:48Even though I've signed the document.
40:51And I intend to join Doherty's new society.
40:58That's what it takes to reach an agreement.
41:03Esther.
41:05I can look after you better than John Doherty ever could.
41:26I want to tell my story.
41:32I want people to know who I am.
41:36If you go to the yard tomorrow and burn those documents,
41:44I won't mention certain things today.
41:56Esther.
41:58Are you ready?
42:04Right.
42:17My name is Esther Price.
42:20I was born in Liverpool on the 8th of March, 1816.
42:25I am 17.
42:28My mother was called Maria, and she was a seamstress.
42:33My father was called Tommy, and he was a sailmaker.
42:39I've got an old sister called Martha.
42:44And...
42:46I needed to know this.
42:50I needed to know.
43:07It's not here.
43:08It must be.
43:16It must be.
43:17It will go.
43:17Are you ready?
43:18No.
43:29It's not here.
43:35No, no, no.
43:37I'm so sorry.
43:38No.
43:39What is it?
43:39No, no, no.
43:42my father
43:45believed there should be trust and mutual respect
43:48between Milhand and Master
43:52that what's good for one is good for the other
43:57and so as a tribute to his memory on this
44:00the day of his funeral
44:03I've decided to burn the documents
44:06that I asked you to sign
44:10you
44:12I
44:12I
44:12I
44:13I
44:14I
44:14I
44:15I
44:18I
44:30I
44:56Heaven will smile upon us, but sturdy shall applaud us.
45:02And when our hour comes, and we have to quit this veil of tears, and go to our great account,
45:10we shall look back to the struggles we have made in the cause of justice, peace, and kindness.
45:22Our last moments will be cheered by the reflections that we have contributed something to chase vice, injustice, and oppression
45:33from the earth.
45:37And we shall go down to our graves with peace and satisfaction, knowing that we have bequeathed a brighter and
45:45a happier inheritance to our children than it was our lot to be born to.
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