{"id":5279,"date":"2013-05-23T09:46:35","date_gmt":"2013-05-23T09:46:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/?post_type=events&#038;p=5279"},"modified":"2013-05-23T09:48:38","modified_gmt":"2013-05-23T09:48:38","slug":"tolpuddle-and-captain-swing-hidden-history","status":"publish","type":"events","link":"https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/events\/tolpuddle-and-captain-swing-hidden-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Tolpuddle And Captain Swing: Hidden History?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 1834, six Dorset farm labourers were condemned to transportation to Australia for forming an early trade union. These &#8216;Tolpuddle Martyrs&#8217; have become an iconic part of modern British history.<\/p>\n<p>But three years before the events in Tolpuddle, rural England was rocked with a massive upr1sing of farm labourers known as the &#8216;Swing Riots&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Ball analyses why &#8216;Tolpuddle&#8217; has lodged in popular memory and the far more significant events of &#8216;Swing&#8217; have been distorted and forgotten.<\/p>\n<p><strong>W.l. 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