Friedrich Engels, (1820-1895), was a German communist philosopher and son of a major textile manufacturer. During his adolescence Engels was very defiant, rebelling against his father's extremely religious and conservative ways. In 1834 he met Dr. Clausen, a teacher of German literature and history at his school. Engels' love for writing began during his time studying in Dr. Clausen's class. He began writing articles, Letters from Wuppertal, in a Hamburg newspaper using a pseudonym to hide his identity from his strict father. Many of his compositions were based on his negativity towards his father's religion, Pietism, which was a regenerated version of Lutheranism and focused on a greater dedication to the faith. Others centered on the barbaric ways he felt people were treated. Although Engels' wish was to study law at university, his father insisted that he work in one of the family businesses. In 1842 Engels went to work in one of his father's cotton mills in Manchester, England, and fell in love with Mary Burns, an Irish factory worker. He became more aware of the environment that textile workers were subjected to. He despised the appalling conditions of factories and workers' homes. Throughout his life Engels felt that common workers were treated badly, and his love for Burns only fueled his prejudices against society. This prejudice is clearly depicted in The Condition of the Working Class in England, published in 1844, for which he is best known today. In this book Engels extensively described the atmosphere in which the factory employees lived. Before completing his book, Engels visited Karl Marx, former editor of the German newspaper Rheinische Zeitung. Engels had m...... half of the document ......1911), (February 18, 2014).Cohen, “Engels, Friedrich.”Wikipedia Contributors, "Rheinische Zeitung", Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, (February 18, 2014).Oscar J. Hammen, "Friedrich Engels," Encyclopædia Britannica Online, Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 2014, (February 18, 2014).Friedrich Engels, “The Condition of the Working Class in England,” (London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co., 1892), pp. 45, 48-53.Ibid.Ibid.James Walvin, “Slavery and the British,” History Today, March 2002, pp. 48-50.Colleen A. Vasconcellos, "Children in the Slave Trade," Children and Youth in History, article no. 141, (19 February 2014).