Rebecca Jarrett

Standard Name: Jarrett, Rebecca

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Connections Author name Excerpt
politics Josephine Butler
In the early months of 1885, Butler had been introduced to reformed prostitute Rebecca Jarrett by Florence Booth , daughter of the Salvation Army founders Catherine and William Booth . JB then introduced her friend...
Textual Production Josephine Butler
JB published her portrait Rebecca Jarrett, about the reformed prostitute who had helped W. T. Stead expose sexual traffic in children.
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23 October 1885: The trial began in London of W. T. Stead...

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23 October 1885

The trial began in London of W. T. Stead and others for the abduction of Eliza Armstrong , purchased as a white slave.
Walkowitz, Judith R. City of Dreadful Delight. University of Chicago Press, 1992.
106-7

Early November 1885: Four of the six defendants in the W. T. Stead...

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Early November 1885

Four of the six defendants in the W. T. Stead abduction case (following his attempt to expose the white slave trade) were found guilty.
Walkowitz, Judith R. City of Dreadful Delight. University of Chicago Press, 1992.
106, 115

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