Scotland Free Or A Desart The Radical Insurrection Of 1820

Author : T J Dowds
Publisher : Paragon Publishing
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2020-07-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782227496

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Scotland Free or a Desart – The Radical Insurrection of 1820 by T J Dowds Pdf

In April 1820 there was a general strike in west-central Scotland that was followed by an armed rising to win workers the right to form trade unions, to vote and for the creation of a Scottish Parliament. After a battle with troops at Bonnymuir, it failed and the leaders, John Baird, Andrew Hardie and James Wilson were executed, and eighteen transported to Australia after show trials held under English Law. This book, using new information, traces the events of and leading to the insurrection, the role of spies and agents in the events, together with a detailed look at the trials, and what became of those transported. It is hoped that on the bicentenary of the Rising, the men who were sacrificed everything for democracy will be given the recognition they have been long denied.

Author : Maggie Craig
Publisher : Birlinn Ltd
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2020-04-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781788852630

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One Week in April by Maggie Craig Pdf

In April 1820, a series of dramatic events exploded around Glasgow, central Scotland and Ayrshire. Demanding political reform and better living and working conditions, 60,000 weavers and other workers went on strike. Revolution was in the air. It was the culmination of several years of unrest, which had seen huge mass meetings in Glasgow and Paisley. In Manchester in 1819, in what became known as Peterloo, drunken yeomanry with their sabres drawn infamously rode into a peaceful crowd calling for reform, killing fifteen people and wounding hundreds more. In 1820, some Scottish Radicals marched under a flag emblazoned with the words 'Scotland Free, or Scotland a Desart' [sic]. Others armed themselves and set off for the Carron Ironworks, seeking cannons. Intercepted by Government soldiers, a bloody skirmish took place at Bonnymuir near Falkirk. A curfew was imposed on Glasgow and Paisley. Aiming to free Radical prisoners, a crowd in Greenock was attacked by the Port Glasgow militia. Among the dead and wounded were a 65-year-old woman and a young boy. In the recriminations that followed, three men were hanged and nineteen were transported to Australia from Scotland. In this book Maggie Craig sets the rising into the wider social and political context of the time and paints an intense portrait of the people who were caught up in these momentous events.

Author : Peter Berresford-Ellis,Peter Berresford Ellis,Seumas Mac A' Ghobhainn
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 455 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2016-05-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9780857908971

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The Radical Rising by Peter Berresford-Ellis,Peter Berresford Ellis,Seumas Mac A' Ghobhainn Pdf

The untold story of 19th century Scottish revolutionaries who fought for an independent republic is recounted in this “astonishing book” (Observer, UK). In April of 1820, the last armed uprising on British soil ignited in Glasgow. The attempt to sever the Union and establish a radical Scottish republic ended in executions, imprisonments, transportations and eighty-five trials for high treason. Yet despite its political and social importance, the story of this working-class revolution has all but vanished from the historical record. In The Radical Rising, historians Peter Berresford-Ellis and Seumas Mac a’Ghobhainn restore the radical rising to its rightful place in history. With an incisive analysis of the rising itself and the events which led up to it, this volume vividly recaptures the extraordinary heroism of insurrection leaders John Baird and Andrew Hardie, as well as the savagery with which the movement was crushed by the forces of the British state.

Author : Gerard Carruthers,Kevin Thomas Gallagher,Craig Lamont,George Smith
Publisher : Birlinn Ltd
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2022-11-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781788855334

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1820: Scottish Rebellion by Gerard Carruthers,Kevin Thomas Gallagher,Craig Lamont,George Smith Pdf

The 1820 Scottish Rising has been increasingly studied in recent decades. This collection of essays looks especially at local players on the ground across multiple regional centres in the west of Scotland, as well as the wider political circumstances within government and civil society that provide the rising's context. It examines insurrectionist preparation by radicals, the progress of the events of 1820, contemporary accounts and legacy memorialisation of 1820, including newspaper and literary testimony, and the monumental 'afterlife' of the rising. As well as the famous march of radicals led by John Baird and Andrew Hardie, so often seen as the centre of the 1820 'moment', this volume casts light on other, more neglected insurrectionary activity within the rising and a wide set of cultural circumstances that make 1820 more complex than many would like to believe. 1820: Scottish Rebellion demonstrates that the legacy of 1820 may be approached in numerous ways that cross disciplinary boundaries and cause us to question conventional historical interpretations.

Author : Margaret Macfarlane,Alastair Macfarlane
Publisher : SPA Books, Limited (UK)
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Australia
ISBN : STANFORD:36105019552186

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The Scottish Radicals by Margaret Macfarlane,Alastair Macfarlane Pdf

Author : Peter Berresford Ellis,Seumas Mac a'Ghobhainn
Publisher : Pluto Press (UK)
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1989-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0745302858

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The Scottish Insurrection of 1820 by Peter Berresford Ellis,Seumas Mac a'Ghobhainn Pdf

Author : Frank Andrew Sherry
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015012063882

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The Rising of 1820 by Frank Andrew Sherry Pdf

Author : Murray Armstrong
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : POLITICAL SCIENCE
ISBN : 1786806584

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The Fight for Scottish Democracy by Murray Armstrong Pdf

A brand-new history of Scotland's radical war for democracy in 1820.

Author : James C. Halliday,1820 Society
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 67 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1993*
Category : Radicalism
ISBN : OCLC:316718924

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1820 Rising by James C. Halliday,1820 Society Pdf

Author : Murray Armstrong
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1786806576

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The Fight for Scottish Democracy by Murray Armstrong Pdf

Author : Peter Berresford Ellis,Seumas Mac a'Ghobhainn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Insurgency
ISBN : OCLC:1336441441

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The Scottish Insurrection of 1820 by Peter Berresford Ellis,Seumas Mac a'Ghobhainn Pdf

Recapturing the desperation of the people & the extraordinary heroism of the radical leaders, this book offers an incisive analysis of the Scottish Insurrection of 1820 & the events that led up to it.

Author : Peter Berresford Ellis,Seumas Mac a'Ghobhainn
Publisher : John Donald
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Insurgency
ISBN : 0859765199

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The Scottish Insurrection of 1820 by Peter Berresford Ellis,Seumas Mac a'Ghobhainn Pdf

Recapturing the desperation of the people & the extraordinary heroism of the radical leaders, this book offers an incisive analysis of the Scottish Insurrection of 1820 & the events that led up to it.

Author : Kenny MacAskill
Publisher : Biteback Publishing
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2020-02-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781785905827

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Radical Scotland by Kenny MacAskill Pdf

The Political Martyrs memorial in Edinburgh looms large on the city's skyline but its history is relatively unknown. And that is not by accident. As Edinburgh's New Town was constructed, a narrative of kilts and loyalty was created for Scotland, with its radical history deliberately excluded. The French Revolution lit a spark in Scotland, inspiring radicals and working people alike, and uniting them in opposition to the King and his government. The oligarchy of landowners that ran Scotland was worried. Leading radicals like Thomas Muir and fellow political reformists were later rounded up and transported to Botany Bay. But they fought back and formed the Society of the United Scotsmen, seeking widespread political reform throughout the Union and were prepared to use physical force in defence of their ideals. As social and economic hardship followed in Waterloo's wake, the flame of radicalism was further ignited. This is Scotland's radical history.

Author : Peter Berresford Ellis,Seumas Mac a' Ghobhainn
Publisher : Birlinn Ltd
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2016-05-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9780857908971

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The Radical Rising by Peter Berresford Ellis,Seumas Mac a' Ghobhainn Pdf

Glasgow, April 1820. The last armed uprising on British soil, intent on severing the Union and establishing a radical Scottish republic, ended in executions, imprisonments, transportations and 85 trails for high treason. Yet despite its political and social importance, the story of this working-class revolution vanished from the historical record. This book restores the radical rising to its rightful place in history, offering an incisive analysis of the rising itself and the events which led up to it, vividly recapturing the extraordinary heroism of its leaders, John Baird and Andrew Hardie, and the savagery with which the movement was crushed by the forces of the British state.

Author : Gordon Pentland
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2015-10-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317316534

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The Spirit of the Union by Gordon Pentland Pdf

Pentland's study has 3 aims: to place the uprising in a wider context by exploring the modes of extra-parliamentary politics between 1815 and1820 as well as the situation outside Scotland; (ii) to provide the first full account of the rising itself; and (iii) to examine the legacies of both the politics of 1815-20 and the Radical War.