A Memoir of Robert Blincoe, an Orphan Boy Sent from the workhouse of St. Pancras, London, at seven years of age, to endure the horrors of a cotton-mill, through his infancy and youth, with a minute detail of his sufferings, being the first memoir of the kind published.

"A Memoir of Robert Blincoe, an Orphan Boy" by John Brown is a true story from the 1800s about Robert Blincoe, a young boy who experienced a difficult life after being sent away from a London workhouse to work in a cotton mill. This book tells of the awful experiences and cruel treatment he and other poor children suffered in these mills, working long hours with barely any food or care, showing how unfairly society treated them. From his early days longing for a family, to the harsh reality of back-breaking labor, Robert's journey highlights the great divide between the dreams of a better life and the brutal conditions faced by many children during that time.