An epic depiction of the events surrounding the infamous 1819 Peterloo Massacre, in which a peaceful pro-democracy rally at Manchester's St Peter's Field devolved into one of the bloodiest and most notorious chapters in British history. During the massacre, British government soldiers charged into a throng of approximately 60,000 people who had assembled to seek political reforms and protest rising poverty levels.
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An epic depiction of the events surrounding the infamous 1819 Peterloo Massacre, in which a peaceful pro-democracy rally at Manchester's St Peter's Field devolved into one of the bloodiest and most notorious chapters in British history. During the massacre, British government soldiers charged into a throng of approximately 60,000 people who had assembled to seek political reforms and protest rising poverty levels.
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