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@pasttense@kolektiva.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

#OnThisDay in London's radical history, 1810: Times newspaper compositors jailed for 'conspiring', ie forming a union.
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LONDON RADICAL HISTORIES

Today in London’s radical history: Times compositors jailed for ‘conspiring’, 1810.

On December 11th 1810 nineteen journeymen compositors (typesetters) who worked on the Times newspaper were sentenced to imprisonment for conspiracy, in fact organizing themselves to stick together …
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