Anti-Corn Law League
Britishnoun
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The world’s first industrial city, Victorian Manchester was a hotbed of radical ideas, home to Anti-Corn Law League agitators and rioting Chartists.
From The Guardian • Jun. 7, 2017
I'm surprised that we don't have an Anti-Tesco League today to match the Anti-Corn Law League of the 19th century.
From The Guardian • Sep. 18, 2010
The divorce of the labourer from the land was complete at the time when the Anti-Corn Law League was formed.
From Liberalism by Hobhouse, L. T. (Leonard Trelawny)
From Lancashire came the Anti-Corn Law League, whose story is told in another chapter.
From Recent Developments in European Thought by Various
He entered with ardour into the struggle for free trade, and obtained in 1842 the prize offered by the Anti-Corn Law League for the best essay on “Agriculture and the Corn Laws.”
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" by Various
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