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Peterloo Massacre (1819)
On the Industrial Revolution map as “Peterloo”
16 Aug 1819 — Yeomanry and hussars charge a peaceful crowd of perhaps 60,000 at St Peter’s Field, Manchester, gathered to demand parliamentary reform. About 18 people are killed and over 600 injured. Remember them.
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- Luddites, Peterloo and Chartism (chapter 6 of Industrial Revolution)
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- The Industrial Revolution, 1750–1914
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