Anti–Corn Law League
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The Anti–Corn Law League was a successful political movement in Great Britain aimed at the abolition of the unpopular Corn Laws, which protected national farming interests by levying taxes on imported
A meeting of the Anti–Corn Law League in Exeter Hall in 1846
A child's plate inscribed with the slogan of the Anti-Corn Law League "Our Bread Untaxed, Our Commerce Free", c. 1838–1846. British Museum
Corn Laws
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The Corn Laws were tariffs and other trade restrictions on imported food and corn enforced in the United Kingdom between 1815 and 1846. The word corn in British English denotes all cereal grains, incl
The 1815 Corn Law, officially "An Act to amend the Laws now in force for regulating the Importation of Corn"
Robert Peel became Conservative Prime Minister in 1841, and his government succeeded in repealing the tariffs.
Sir Thomas Lawrence Robert Banks Jenkinson , 2nd Earl of Liverpool RCIN 404930 Royal Collection