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Peterloo Massacre: Quick Facts

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Facts

Date August 16, 1819
Location Manchester • United Kingdom • England

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Engraving depicting the 15th Hussars on horseback charging into a dense crowd of unarmed people during the Peterloo Massacre in Manchester, England, in 1819.
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Henry Hunt
Henry Hunt
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Samuel Bamford
English social reformer and author