6 Dorset farm labourers, transported to Australia for joining a trade union. Following mass protests against their treatment the government was forced to give pardons and eventually after 2 years, all returned home. Five of them continued their campaign and supported the Chartists.
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Tolpuddle Martyrs
Copenhagen Fields From this site on 21st April 1834 thousands marched in sup...
A modern information board informs that the mural was painted by Dave Bangs i...
Appointed governor of Shrewsbury in 1645 and was a colonel in Cromwell's Parl...
Prime Minister 1827-1828. Secretary of State for War and the Colonies 1812-18...
