Frederick Turner (unionist)
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Frederick Turner (unionist)
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Frederick Turner was a British-born American labor unionist. Born in Crewkerne in England, Turner emigrated to the United States in 1856, settling in Philadelphia. He served in the American Civil War. In 1882, he began working as a clerk in the Quartermasters' Department in Washington DC, but in 1883, he left to undertake an apprenticeship as a gold beater. In 1873, Turner heard about the Knights of Labor. He decided a union was needed in his own industry, and so he organized 40 of his colleague
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