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When the recent war was over, and the people expected plenty
to have returned with peace, their distress
became worse than ever, and it is the opinion
of most thinking men that, at that juncture, the populace would then
have fallen in violence upon their employers or their
dealers in goods, or both, but for the views exhibited by the advocates
of parliamentary reform
to have returned with peace, their distress
became worse than ever, and it is the opinion
of most thinking men that, at that juncture, the populace would then
have fallen in violence upon their employers or their
dealers in goods, or both, but for the views exhibited by the advocates
of parliamentary reform
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When the recent war was over,
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and the people expected plenty
to have returned with peace,
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their distress
became worse than ever,
00:00:11.088 --> 00:00:15.318
and it is the opinion
of most thinking men that,
00:00:15.032 --> 00:00:17.198
at that juncture, the populace
00:00:17.002 --> 00:00:18.838
would then
have fallen in violence
00:00:18.084 --> 00:00:24.958
upon their employers or their
dealers in goods, or both,
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but for the views exhibited
00:00:26.084 --> 00:00:28.998
by the advocates
of parliamentary reform.
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Movie Summary
The story of the 1819 Peterloo Massacre in which British forces attacked a peaceful pro-democracy rally in Manchester.
