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4th November 1839: The Newport Rising armed rebellion takes place in south Wales
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:02:53
Publish Date: 2017-11-03 22:05:39
Description: Focusing on reform of the electoral system to improve the conditions of the working class, the release of the People’s Charter in 1838 had prompted the creation of the national working-class Chartist protest movement. William Lovett of the newly-established London Working Men's Association had written the majority of the document, but a petition in favour of it was rejected by the House of Commons on 12 July 1839. Parliament’s refusal to listen to their concerns led to increased working class anger. Just three weeks later the Chartist leader Henry Vincent was jailed by the Welsh Monmouth Assizes for making inflammatory ...
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