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Palmerston and the publican: a tale of treachery and betrayal known at the top of government

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Presenting the leviathan petition of 1842

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Cartoons depicting magistrates and cavalrymen on 10 April 1848

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Chartism in Australia

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Chartism in Sheffield

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Trial of Feargus O’Connor and 58 others, 1843

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Policing the Chartists

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General strike 1842

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Monster meeting on Kennington Common, 10 April 1848

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Ashton-under-Lyne rising 1848: a shot in the dark

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