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There are five posts in The Copy Book assigned to 1834. To see all our posts in chronological order, go to the Tale of Years.

1833 1834 1835

The Trial of the Tolpuddle Six

By George Loveless

When farmhand and lay preacher George Loveless was convicted of conspiracy, both charge and sentence made the country gasp.

The Tea Committee

By Sir William Wilson Hunter

Sir William Hunter looks back over a Government committee’s plan to introduce tea cultivation to India in 1834.

A Cricketer’s World

By Leigh Hunt

Leigh Hunt reflects on the civilising effect of the game of cricket.

Ireland’s First Railway

By Clay Lane

The Dublin to Dun Laoghaire line opened in 1834, and proved a remarkable testimony to the speed of technological progress.

How Britain Abolished Slavery

By Clay Lane

The Church, mother Nature and free markets had almost done for slavery at home when colonies in the New World brought it back.