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
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Tolpuddle Martyrs at Copenhagen Fields
Copenhagen Fields From this site on 21st April 1834 thousands marched in sup...
Tolpuddle Martyrs mural
A modern information board informs that the mural was painted by Dave Bangs i...
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Richard Cobden
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Baroness Garden of Frognal
LibDem politician. Created a Life Peer in 2007.
Sir Thomas Plumer
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Joseph Addison
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John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland
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