The Peterloo Massacre in context

This video explores the tumultuous years following the Battle of Waterloo and preceding the Peterloo Massacre in 1819. It explains the context in which that fateful meeting at St Peter's Field occurred on 16 August 1819 as well as the economic and political reasons for unrest in Britain, and the tragedy itself.

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