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\u2018Smelling out a Rat; \u2014 or The Atheistical-Revolutionist disturbed in his Midnight \u201cCalculations\u201d\u2018 (James Gillray, 3 December 1790) (c) National Portrait Gallery.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

How did Bristolians respond to the democratic ideas unleashed by the French Revolution? This talk rejects the conventional view that the city\u2019s labouring classes were uninterested in progressive politics and argues on the contrary that the relatively low profile of radical organisations reflects not indifference but the determination of the local authorities to keep them under surveillance and obstruct them. From the founding of the Constitutional Society in 1792 to the mass outdoor meetings called by Henry \u2018Orator\u2019 Hunt and others in the era of Peterloo, democratic ideas were alive and well in Bristol, but obstructed, by fair means or foul, at every turn.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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