Was the 1819 Peterloo Massacre Britain's forgotten Tiananmen β buried by establishment shame?
In August 1819, cavalry charged a peaceful crowd of 60,000 in Manchester demanding parliamentary reform, killing at least 18. Two centuries on, most Britons still couldn't tell you what happened at St Peter's Field.
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