Hard Times · Character

Slackbridge

A fiery, manipulative union orator who turns workers against Stephen.

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Slackbridge shows up with force in Men and Brothers. The page is where that presence becomes real.

The orator who incites the workers with passionate rhetoric, but is shown to be less honest and manly than his audience.

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