Karl, Frederick R. George Eliot: Voice of a Century. W.W. Norton.
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Anti-Corn Law League
Connections
| Connections Sort ascending | 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....
National or international item
20 March 1839
The Anti-Corn Law League
was founded.
February 1842: A grand bazaar organised by women raised...
National or international item
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26 June 1846: The Corn Laws were repealed by Sir Robert...
National or international item
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The Corn Laws were repealed by Sir Robert Peel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.
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