The Cry for Justice: An Anthology of the Literature of Social Protest / The writings of philosophers, poets, novelists, social reformers, and others who have voiced the struggle against social injustice; selected from twenty-five languages; covering a period of five thousand years

by Unknown

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BOOK IV

Out of the Depths

The protest of the soul of man confronted with injustice and groping for a remedy.

The People’s Anthem

By Ebenezer Elliott

(One of the leaders of the Chartist movement in England, 1781-1849; known as the “Poet of the People,” and by his enemies as the “Corn-law Rhymer”)

When wilt thou save the people?