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1765
The Persistence of Thomas Clarkson Thomas Clarkson

Thomas Clarkson believed that Africans were being forced into slavery in the West Indies, but could he prove it to the British public?

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1766
The Peterloo Massacre William Edward Armytage Axon

A rowdy but good-humoured crowd gathered in St Peter’s Fields, Manchester, to protest against electoral malpractice and Government cronyism.

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1767
The Petition of the Candlemakers Frédéric Bastiat

Frédéric Bastiat made a tongue-in-cheek appeal to the French government, asking them to protect candlemakers from a cut-throat competitor.

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1768
The Phantom Rickshaw Rudyard Kipling

Jack Pansay has just bought an engagement ring for the bewitching Kitty Mannering, yet to his annoyance it is the late Mrs Wessington he is thinking about.

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1769
The Pied Piper of Hamelin Clay Lane

The mayor and corporation of Hamelin outsource a rodent problem to a professional rat-catcher.

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1770
The Pig-and-Potato War Clay Lane

In 1859, peaceful co-existence on the Canadian border was severely tested by a marauding pig.

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