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1830s

Destruction of the Roehampton Estate, January 1832, by Adolphe Duperly

1831 The Jamaica Slave Rebellion

A short account of the Baptist War, the revolt by Jamaican slaves in 1831 that forced the British Empire to abolish slavery within its borders in…
Carciature of William Benbow in 1848 issue of Punch

Grand National Holiday, and Congress of the Productive Classes: William Benbow

Published in 1832 this pamphlet is possibly the earliest published advocacy for a general strike as…

The Chartist Grand National Holiday: The General Strike of 1839

An article by Past Tense on the first attempted general strike called by the Chartist movement for August 1839. It also compares the ideas of the strikes main proponent, William Benbow with other theorists on Mass and General Strikes.

Dewi Bowln: Merthyr Rising

A collection of images by Dewi Bowlen about the Merthyr rising.

1831: the Merthyr Rising and Dic Penderyn

An account of an brief uprising in South Wales in 1831 and the fate of Richard Lewis, known as Dic Penderyn. The uprising was the largest…
Merthyr Tydfil riots

1831: Merthyr Tydfil uprising

In 1831, Merthyr Tydfil, iron workers struck against redundancies, rising prices and bailiffs, leading to several thousand workers involved in…
Anti-renter meeting poster

1839-1846: The Anti-Renter movement

Howard Zinn's short history of the Anti-Renter movement against the patroonship system, created in the 1660s when the Dutch ruled New York.

On the History of the Communist League, 1836-1852 - Engels

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