Tolpuddle Martyrs
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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When six Dorset labourers were transported to Australia in the 1830s for organising a primitive trade union, 800,000 signed a petition demanding freedom for the Tolpuddle Martyrs.
From The Guardian • Jun. 15, 2014
Gore's Tolpuddle Martyrs play tells the story of the pioneer trade unionists transported to Australia in 1834.
From The Guardian • Jul. 20, 2013
"It is fantastic to see more of it," said Neil Gore, a writer and performer with Townsend Productions, which is premiering We Will Be Free, his trade union-sponsored play about the Tolpuddle Martyrs.
From The Guardian • Jul. 20, 2013
Their representatives spent much of the afternoon trying to defuse the so-called Terry‑list of agitators, which led some newspapers to portray them the next morning like the Tolpuddle Martyrs.
From The Guardian • Jun. 21, 2010
The memory is of the Tolpuddle Martyrs, six Dorsetshire farm laborers who in 1834 were transported to the penal colony at Australia's Botany Bay for attempting to form a trade union.
From Time Magazine Archive
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