Samson and Shylock; or, A Preacher’s Plea for the Workingmen, Himself a Day Laborer.
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Link Singerman ID: supp2474
Year: 1891
Entry: Driver, John Merritte. Samson and Shylock; or, A Preacher’s Plea for the Workingmen, Himself a Day Laborer. Chicago: Patriotic Publishing Co., 1891. xii, 271 p.
Author/Editor: Driver, John Merritte
Location: Chicago, IL
Holdings: In most academic libraries
Title: Samson and Shylock; or, A Preacher’s Plea for the Workingmen, Himself a Day Laborer.
Printer/Publisher: Patriotic Publishing Co.
Language: English
Notes: A pastor’s plea for the eight-hour work day and labor solidarity coupled with scorn for the industrial trusts, thieving robber barons, and "shylockian" employers. See pp. 101, 110, 164 for pairings of Judas with Shylock; see p. 201 for Jewish emancipation from Egyptian bondage.