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The Tolpuddle Martyrs, Changing the Face of Employment Rights in Victorian England

Posted on February 23, 2022 by Regina Jeffers

  This year is the 181st anniversary of when six Dorset farm labourers were sent to an Australian penal colony, but their ‘crimes’ helped change the face of employment rights for generations to come – and it all began in … Continue reading →

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