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In Our Time - The Peterloo Massacre - BBC Sounds

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The Peterloo MassacreThe Peterloo Massacre

Released On: 15 Dec 2005

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Melvyn Bragg examines the 1819 Peterloo Massacre and the brutality of the British state.

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