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Buy this book on-line Luddites] : SPECIAL COMMISSION York Jan. 2 1813Edward Baines, Leeds, 1813
8vo. ..PROCEEDINGS UNDER THE SPECIAL COMMISSION AT THE CASTLE, AT YORK, OPENED THIS DAY......71pp. Disbound copy complete. 21cms. The Commission and trial of the West Yorkshire workers who organised and rose up against the mill owners who had changed the laws of the land to make it a capital offence to break up weaving frames. The murder of of the mill owner William Horsfall in 1812 and the trial is described in this rare pamphlet and the hanging of the luddites involved. Over 60 men were tried with varying outcomes. The victory over the luddites had far reaching consequences for the working classes in the nineteenth century. Appears to be a copy of the first edition. The title of the second edition [2 copies traced] is amended. FULL TITLE: 'Proceedings under the special commission at the Castle, at York, opened this day by Mr Baron Thompson and Mr. Justice Le Blanc, for the trial of offences connected with the disturbances lately existing in the West-Riding of this County'.. Book Condition: V.g.. Binding: paper wrappers Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Luddites] : SPECIAL COMMISSION York Jan. 2 1813. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including first editions, fine bindings, livres anciens, collectables and livres d'occasion. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |