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1890

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International Headquarters of the Salvation Army (London). Book written by the founder of the Salvation Army in response to Henry Morton Stanley's 'In Darkest Africa' (also published in 1890). Booth categorised "the submerged tenth" in Britain ('the homeless', 'the out-of-works', 'on the verge of the abyss', 'the vicious', 'the criminals' and 'the children of the lost') and set out proposals for welfare reforms, including farm and city colonies in Britain, emigration, a series of 'crusades' (including in relation to hospitals, prisons, temperance, prostitution, homeless children, asylums) and assistance schemes.

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English