The Tolpuddle Martyrs Museum
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Description: Tells the tale of six labourers' arrest, trial and deportation for unionising, leading to the foundation of modern trade unionism.
Welcome to the Tolpuddle Martyrs Museum - Welcome to the Tolpuddle Martyrs' Museum and Festival Website Welcome to the Tolpuddle Martyrs' Museum and Festival Website In the 1830s life in villages like Tolpuddle was hard and getting worse. Farm workers could not bear yet more cuts to their pay. Some fought back by smashing the new threshing machines but this brought harsh punishments.
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| Page title: | Welcome to the Tolpuddle Martyrs Museum - Welcome to the Tolpuddle Martyrs' Museum and Festival Website |
| Keywords: | Tolpuddle, Martyrs, Tolpuddle Martyrs, Museum, George Loveless, James Loveless, Thomas Standfield, John Standfield, James Brine, James Hammett, James Frampton, Captain Swing, Judge Baron Williams, Edward Legg, John Lock, Colonel George Arthur, Sir Richard Burke,Thomas Wakley, Lord John Russell, The Duke of Cumberland, Rural Revolt, Union, Unions, Unionism, Trade Union, Trades Union, TUC, transportation, convict ship, hulk, colonies, Tasmania, Victims of Whiggery, Enclosure acts, Unlawful Oaths Act, Combination Acts, Seditious meetings and Assemblies Act, Chartist Movement, Memorial Arch, Memorial |
| Description: | The Tolpuddle Martyrs Museum tells the harrowing tale of the Martyrs arrest, trial and punishment, leading to the foundation of modern day trade unionism. |
| IP-address: | 46.29.88.86 |