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Title: King mob / Christopher Hibbert [Go to resource]
Description: This is an account of the Gordon Riots one of the most violent outbreaks of popular protest in British history. In 1780 Lord George Gordon MP led 50 000 people to present a petition calling for the repeal of the 1778 Roman Catholic Relief Act. The demonstration turned into a riot. Temporal: 2004 Source: Lincolnshire County Council Identifier: http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... Go to resource More Like this...
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