Artifact 1

Origin

1.Who created it?

Robert Southey wrote this conversation mostly about a conversation between himself and a Manchester man.

2.Who is the author?

The author of the conversation is Robert Southey.

3.When was it created?

It was created in 1807 by Robert Southey.

4.When was it published?

It was lasted modified in April 13, 2010

5.Where was it published?

6.Who is publishing it?

G. Dearborn published this article.

Purpose

1.Why does this document exist?

This document exist, because he hope this letter could be published so people is able to learn more about child labour in cotton factories in 19^th century.

2.Why did the author create this piece of work? What is the intent?

author wanted people to help people learn more about Child Labour in Cotton Factories.

3.Why did the author choose this particular format?

4.Who is the intended audience? Who was the author thinking would receive this?

The intended audience is citizens in England.

5.What does the document say?

The document is talking about how children had been treated in the factory and how burthen were them to their parents.

6.Can you tell more than its surface?

Value

1.What can we tell about the author from the piece?

Robert Southey lives in England for a while. He seems to have contact with the children at the factory a lot. He has analyze the people at the factory including the schedule of the children. Robert Southey wrote this conversation in a 3^rd perspective form.

2.What can we tell about the time period from the piece?

In this period everyone seems to focus on their work including the children. Life was a real difference for the families since the factories were build, and machine replaced man. It is also a period of unhealthiness, because of the machine pollution.

3.Under what circumstances was the piece created and how does the piece reflect those

circumstances?

The circumstances was created in a free circumstance. The author Robert Southey has nothing to do with the factory “business”, so he does not have any pressure from any “side”, but he has not reveal a lot of information about the environment of the factory. The revealed parts made people suspicious of the reason why it wasn't revealed. The piece doesn't include any reason of why some parts are unrevealed.

4.What can we tell about any controversies from the piece?

5.Does the author represent a particular ‘side’ of a controversy or event?

The author seems to represent from the citizen's “side”, because Robert Southey only mention the disadvantage sides of the childrens' life.

6.What can we tell about the author’s perspectives from the piece?

He is mostly writing this piece in a 3^rd person's perspective, however there are some parts he wrote and analyze the behavior in 1^st person's perspective(citizens)

7.What was going on in history at the time the piece was created and how does this piece

accurately reflect it?

It was a dangerous year for British, because of the frequent warfare the occurs to Britian. Especially in July 7^th ~ 9^th during this period Russia, France, and Prussia signed a treaty(Treaty Of Tilsit) that allies against the British empire.

Limitation

1.What part of the story can we NOT tell from this document?

The part readers does not know about is the environment, population, and the chain effect.

2.How could we verify the content of the piece?

Most facts are true, because later studies verified the content of this piece by technology of industrial equipments. For example: the steam engine caused pollution, and which cost the healthiness of the people.

3.Does this piece inaccurately reflect anything about the time period?

No, but it misses a lot of facts that should be mention.

4.What does the author leave out and why does he/she leave it out (if you know)?

The author left out some important national event like warfare.

5.What is purposely not addressed?