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#OtD 21 Apr 1834 30,000 marched for the freedom of the Tolpuddle Martyrs, agricultural workers from the Dorset town of Tolpuddle who were transported to Australia as punishment for their trade unionism https://t.co/q2fWQ5BPl3 https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9336/tolpuddle-martyrs?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

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Rose Puckey 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈🇪🇺

@workingclasshistory It was always called Tolpuddle until the Victorians cleaned up the name to Tolpuddle. They tried the same with nearby Shitterton but that name had already stuck.