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The Tolpuddle Martyrs Museum - http://www.tolpuddlemartyrs.org.uk
Tells the tale of six labourers' arrest, trial and deportation for unionising, leading to the foundation of modern trade unionism. [Tolpuddle, Dorset] |
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Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tolpuddle_Martyrs_festival
Article describing an annual event celebrating the memory of the Tolpuddle Martyrs. [Wikipedia] |
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The Tolpuddle Martyrs - http://tolpuddlemartyrs.online-today.co.uk/
In 1834 six Dorset agricultural labourers united together to "preserve ourselves, our wives, and our children, from utter degradation and starvation". Includes narrative, primary sources, additional teaching resources and music. |
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Tolpuddle Martyrs' Tree - http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-chl/w-countryside_environment/w-woodland/w-woodland-heritage_trees/w-woodland-heritage_trees-tolpuddle.htm
Site of the landmark trade union meeting in 1834 that became a historic symbol of the struggles for the emerging labour movement, now one of the smallest National Trust properties. |
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Tolpuddle Martyrs - http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lovelace/tolpuddle.htm
Article originally written for The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, Australia), covering the trial and conviction of the Dorsetshire labourers, and their impact on the politics of the day. |