1 Jan 1838 Jahr - Newport Uprising

Beschreibung:

- whilst the Whigs were in power
- armed revolt
- leader of the Chartist movement had been imprisoned
- protest to get them released
- 1.5 million people congregated outside the jail
- mass demonstration
- soldiers sent in to put it down
- led to widespread arrests

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