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21st June 1877: Ten Irish immigrants hanged for murder, having been accused of membership of the Molly Maguires secret society

21st June 2021
Tagged as: America, Business, coal, Immigration, Ireland, Irish, Molly Maguires, United States, USA, Workers

Historians have since questioned the convictions, which saw ten men hanged for murder – six in the prison at Pottsville, and four at Mauch Chunk in Carbon County.

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18th March 1834: Tolpuddle Martyrs sentenced to transportation to Australia

18th March 2020
Tagged as: Agriculture, Australia, England, Law, Tolpuddle Martyrs, Transportation, Unionisation, Workers

The industrial revolution, combined with the first of the Enclosure Acts, had seen the earnings of poor farmers plummet.

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21st June 1877: Ten Irish immigrants hanged for murder, having been accused of membership of the Molly Maguires secret society

18th March 1834: Tolpuddle Martyrs sentenced to transportation to Australia

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HistoryPod Extra: The Myth of Gavrilo Princip’s Sandwich

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2nd August 1934: Hitler becomes Führer after President Hindenburg dies

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9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

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