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The talk will cover the explosive social, economic and political reasons behind the Merthyr Rising of 1831. The Merthyr Rising in 1831, was a rising not a riot, as viewed by the status quo. It was the most ferocious and bloody event in the history of Industrial Britain. It will conclude by looking at the main legacy of May 1831 and the reasons why we commemorate the events today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The talk will cover the explosive social, economic and political reasons behind the Merthyr Rising of 1831. The Merthyr Rising in 1831, was a rising not a riot, as viewed by the status quo. It was the most ferocious and bloody event in the history of Industrial Britain. It will conclude by looking at the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categories":[187,209,197],"tags":[443,2206,1156,1963,1981,2042],"class_list":["post-24786","events","type-events","status-publish","hentry","category-democracy-suffrage","category-riots-disturbances","category-workers-organisations-strikes","tag-443","tag-iron-workers","tag-merthyr-tydfil","tag-reform","tag-rising","tag-uprising"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n