Tolpuddle Martyrs
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The Tolpuddle Martyrs were six agricultural labourers from the village of Tolpuddle in Dorset, England, who were arrested and tried in 1834 for swearing a secret oath as members of a friendly society.
The shelter in Tolpuddle erected as a memorial in 1934
Grave of James Hammett after the wreath laying ceremony during the 2016 Tolpuddle Martyrs festival
The Tolpuddle Martyrs' Museum
Martyrs' Day commemoration in 2005
Friendly society
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A friendly society is a mutual association for the purposes of insurance, pensions, savings or cooperative banking. It is a mutual organization or benefit society composed of a body of people who join
Tolpuddle Martyrs
…agricultural labourers from the village of Tolpuddle in Dorset, England, who were arrested and tried in 1834 for swearing a secret oath as members of a friendly society. Led by George Loveless, the group had formed the Friendly Society of Agricultural Labourers during a labour dispute over wage cuts that reduced their…
The Harting Old Club's secretary calling the club roll in 2007