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The Peterloo Massacre took place at St Peter's Field, Manchester, Lancashire, England, on Monday 16 August 1819. Eighteen people died and 400–700 were injured when the cavalry of the Yeomen charged into a crowd of around 60,000 people who had gathered
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peterloo_Massacre

https://www.peterloomassacre.org/history.html

https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/protest-democracy-1818-1820/

2018 Film (Mike Leigh) - 200th anniversary
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peterloo_(film)

#labormovement #manchester #Peterloo #workingclasshistory