The 1819 Blanketeers March: Weavers Walk to London

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The 1819 Blanketeers March: Weavers Walk to London

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In 1819, as Manchester's cotton mills hummed and the Peterloo Massacre loomed, a column of desperate handloom weavers set out from Manchester to London. They carried blankets to sleep under and a petition to the Prince Regent. The Blanketeers March was a peaceful protest against wage collapse, the Corn Laws, and machinery that had stripped them of work. Lucas and Luna follow the marchers through Stockport, Macclesfield, and Leek, into the chaotic scenes at Derby where government spies and cavalry awaited. They examine the role of radical orator Henry 'Orator' Hunt, the secret committees that tried to stop the march, and the fate of those arrested. The episode explores how the state responded to peaceful assembly before Peterloo, the conflicting accounts of what happened at Derby, and the legacy of a march that has been overshadowed by the massacre that followed. This is a story of ordinary people walking for justice, and of a government terrified of revolution. #Blanketeers #Peterloo #Manchester #HandloomWeavers #HenryHunt #Radicalism #CornLaws #1819 #Derby #Stockport #Macclesfield #Leek #Petition #PrinceRegent #EnglishHistory #IndustrialRevolution #Protest #FexingoHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo

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