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Peterloo massacre

The Ghosts of Peterloo

EP Thompson's landmark essay exonerating the Peterloo martyrs and incriminating the authorities.
Cruikshanks sketch of a satirical monument to the Yeomanry

The Peterloo Massacre - BBC Discussion

A Radio Four discussion by Melvyn Bragg and three historians about the Peterloo Massacre. The discussions attempts to show that bloody day in…
Percy Bysshe Shelley by Alfred Clint

The masque of anarchy - Percy Bysshe Shelley

Poem written by Shelley in the wake of the Peterloo massacre of peaceful pro-democracy demonstrators in Manchester in 1819.
Poster entitled Manchester Heroes, published in 1819

Eyewitness account of the Peterloo massacre - Samuel Bamford

A first person account of the Peterloo massacre of pro-democracy demonstrators by the British army…
Print of the Peterloo Massacre published by Richard Carlile

History of the Peterloo massacre, 1819

A short history of the mass killing of workers protesting for democracy and better conditions by the British army in 1819. While brutal, the…

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