Karl, Frederick R. George Eliot: Voice of a Century. W.W. Norton, 1995.
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Anti-Corn Law League
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| politics | Isabella Banks | In late 1838 (the year that she had both opened her own school and joined the ManchesterMechanics' Institute
in order to keep pursuing her own education), the seventeen-year-old Isabella Varley became a founding member... |
| politics | George Eliot | Mary Ann Evans (later GE
) sided with Robert Owen
, John Bright
, and their mutual friend Charles Bray
, chairman of the local Anti-Corn Law League
, in opposing the Corn Laws. |
| politics | Elizabeth Gaskell | The Gaskells distanced themselves from political movements of the day such as Chartism and the Anti-Corn Law League
. While many of her Unitarian friends were keen supporters of the latter, EG
tried to remain... |
| politics | Harriet Martineau | She continued to support causes such as abolitionism and the Anti-Corn Law League
, for which she undertook to write a tale in 1845. She did not have much sympathy for Italian unification (a cause... |
Timeline
20 March 1839
The Anti-Corn Law League
was founded.
February 1842
A grand bazaar organised by women raised £10,000 for the Anti-Corn Law League
.
26 June 1846
The Corn Laws were repealed by Sir Robert Peel
's Conservative
government, after much agitation by groups such as the Anti-Corn Law League
and in face of the growing urgency of the Great Famine in Ireland.