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St. Peters Field in Manchester, killing eleven and wounding more than four hundred in what is called the Peterloo Massacre.
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Shelley wrote the Mask in response to the infamous "Peterloo" or "Manchester Massacre" of 16 August
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"Peterloo" massacre of 16 August continued at a high pitch, and
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He was chairman of the meeting in Manchester that had "Peterloo" as its sequel.
Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter Edric Holmes
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I agree that Social history such as Peterloo, the Chartists and tolpuddle are more relevant than about kings and queens.
The Guardian World News Simon Schama 2010
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The affair was afterwards known as the Peterloo massacre.] [Pageheading: CHARTIST DISTURBANCES] _Sir James Graham to Queen Victoria.
The Letters of Queen Victoria, Volume 1 (of 3), 1837-1843) A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence Between the Years 1837 and 1861 Queen of Great Britain Victoria 1860
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The Peterloo massacre, as it was called, caused popular protest across the country.
Letter 343 2009
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Hunt, the orator present at the Peterloo Massacre and the Spa Fields '
Letter 354 2009
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• In a photo spread relating to the Guardian's 190th birthday, a caption to a historical picture of the 1819 Peterloo massacre said that the image showed this large political meeting in support of parliamentary reform being "fired on by troops".
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The Guardian was founded by a young cotton merchant called John Edward Taylor in the wake of the Peterloo massacre of 1819, in which soldiers had killed 11 people at a public meeting in Manchester.
The Manchester Guardian, born 5 May 1821: 190 years – work in progress | Editorial 2011
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