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© Leslie Garland Pictures
Photographer: | Leslie Garland | |||
Collection: | Dorset | |||
Filename: | 17001.01.03 |
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Upload Date: | 2007-06-27 09:14:52 | |||
Photo Size: | 2.9mb 3678x4756 pixels | |||
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Caption: | Headstone of James Hammet, one of the Tolpuddle Martyrs, thechurchyard, Tolpuddle, Dorset, England, UK. The village is famous for the Tolpuddle Martyrs who were sentenced to transportation in 1834 for forming an illegal union, an event which is now regarded as the start of the trades union movement. |
Keywords: | English agricultural workers pioneers start of illegal transportation rights cause fight strike history historic 1834 event socialism social the left Trades Union movement gravestone graveyard grave lgpl |