An epic retelling of the events leading up to the infamous 1819 Peterloo Massacre, in which a peaceful pro-democracy demonstration in Manchester's St Peter's Field devolved into one of the bloodiest and most infamous moments in British history. The massacre saw British government soldiers storm into a gathering of more than 60,000 protesting political reforms and rising poverty levels.
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An epic retelling of the events leading up to the infamous 1819 Peterloo Massacre, in which a peaceful pro-democracy demonstration in Manchester's St Peter's Field devolved into one of the bloodiest and most infamous moments in British history. The massacre saw British government soldiers storm into a gathering of more than 60,000 protesting political reforms and rising poverty levels.
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