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Anti-Corn Law League |
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Anti-Corn Law League n (Historical Terms) (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) an organization founded in 1839 by Richard Cobden and John Bright to oppose the Corn Laws, which were repealed in 1846 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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1) It was published in a special edition and sold at the great National Anti-Corn Law League Bazaar held at Covent Garden Theatre in London the following spring. This was the Anti-Corn Law League that campaigned against agricultural protection in 19th-century Britain. Seizing this political opening, a pair of textile manufacturers, Richard Cobden and John Bright, led their country to bolder action, organizing the Manchester-based Anti-Corn Law League into a national mass movement of middle-class urban interests against the landed elite. |
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