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General strike 1842 chartist ancestors

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    Chartist Ancestors This is the story of the general strike wave of 1842 that swept industrial areas, combining protests at wage reductions with demands for the People’s Charter.

Sedgley Chartist Riot of 1842

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    Extract from"The Blackcountry Nailer's Riots of 1842" by Arthur Willetts Chartists continue to hold their outdoor meetings around Dudley, numerously attended by the unemployed. A meeting was held on Friday week at the Bull Ring, Sedgley. The parish constable (William Beaman) intervened at …

Sources for Chartism: Riots in the Potteries 1842

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    Dec 18, 2007 · Thursday, 6 December 2007 Sources for Chartism: Riots in the Potteries 1842 The Staffordshire potteries saw the worst of the 1842 general strike and the harshest crackdown. During the strike, which had been sparked by wage cuts, workers stopped the pumps that kept coal mines clear of water and closed down every factory that they could.

Chapter 18 - The Pottery Riots of 1842

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    at Chartist meetings here at Crown Bank near Yate's coffee house there were 8-10,000 people at the meeting These were the conditions prevailing when the colliers' strike occurred in July 1842. The effect of this strike was to stop many of the pot-works for want of coal, and thus to aggravate the general distress and disaffection.

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