Gabriel Edmonston
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Gabriel Edmonston
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Gabriel Edmonston was an American labor unionist and carpenter. Born in Washington, D.C., Edmonston trained as a carpenter. During the American Civil War, he served in the Confederate Army, in the First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, being taken prisoner on four occasions, and wounded twice. After the war, Edmonston returned to Washington. He came to believe that carpenters needed to form labor unions in order to improve their pay and working conditions, and in 1881, he formed a local union.
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American unionist and carpenter
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_Edmonston
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2023-11-06T17:53:15Z
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