Cover of The Merthyr rising

The Merthyr rising

by Williams, Gwyn A.

1978 237 pages eng

"This new edition tells the story of the Merthyr Rising, the first move to independent political action by the ironstone miners and puddlers of William Crawshay II following the Reform Bill of 1831, tabled after many years of an unjust electoral system. On 2 June, 1831, thousands of workers under a …

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