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1842 general strike
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The 1842 general strike in the United Kingdom, also known as the Plug Plot Riots, was a general strike that lasted from July to September 1842. The strike started among the miners in Staffordshire, En
Statue commemorating the Plug Plot Riots outside the Corn Exchange in Preston
Statue commemorating the Plug Plot Riots outside the Corn Exchange in Preston
Chartism
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Chartism was a working-class movement for political reform in the United Kingdom that lasted from 1838 to 1857 and was strongest in 1839, 1842 and 1848. It took its name from the People's Charter of 1
1842 general strike
…Britain affecting factories, mills in Yorkshire and Lancashire, and coal mines from Dundee to South Wales and Cornwall. The strike was influenced by the Chartist movement - a mass working-class movement from 1838 to 1848. After the second Chartist petition was presented to Parliament in May 1842, it was rejected by the…
A photograph of the Great Chartist Meeting on Kennington Common, London, 1848
A photograph of the Great Chartist Meeting on Kennington Common, London, 1848
The meeting of the Birmingham Political Union on 16 May 1832, attended by 200,000
The meeting of the Birmingham Political Union on 16 May 1832, attended by 200,000
Chartists' riots
Chartists' riots
The national convention, meeting on Monday 4 February 1839, at the British Coffee House
The national convention, meeting on Monday 4 February 1839, at the British Coffee House