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Today in London’s radical history: striking tailors riot in the City, 1792.
The journeymen tailors had a history of solidarity dating back at least to the early 15th century. What nowadays would… READ MORE
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Today in London’s radical history: black colonists embark in disastrous Sierra Leone scheme, 1787
The Sierra Leone Scheme – a shameful attempt to deport black people, or a charitable attempt to promote self-reliance? A… READ MORE
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Today in London publishing history: Parliament orders pro- (and anti-) American pamphlets burnt, 1775
“The said book is a false, malicious, and traitorous libel &c.; That one of the said printed books be burnt… READ MORE
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Today in London’s insurrectionary history: Colonel Despard executed for planning revolution, 1803.
21st February 1803: Colonel Edward Despard & six others are executed for planning a radical uprising. According to newspaper accounts,… READ MORE
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