His father was present at the Peterloo massacre and his mother was associated with the
Anti-Corn Law League.
WHEN did the
Anti-Corn Law League form in Manchester?
17) John Bright 1811-1889: Anti-Crimean War Liberal, leader of
Anti-Corn Law League.
A leading figure in the
Anti-Corn Law League, that sought to stop subsidies to farmers and hence Conservative landlords, Cobden became an MP in 1846.
He was a key member of the
Anti-Corn Law League which, with the Manchester School, drove the greatest economic change in 19th century British history.
McKay sees the
Anti-Corn Law League as a special site of successful class co-operation.
They were sufficiently militant to do battle with the police, but in other respects they seem to have been less noteworthy than contemporary middle-class women who were active in the anti-slavery movement and the
Anti-Corn Law League. Hall consigns the names of their leaders to a footnote.
She claims that the geographic concentration of the textile industry facilitated the creation of the
Anti-Corn Law League and its development into an effective lobbying group.
Northern Rock, the flourishing Newcastle-based bank, could owe its roots to two of the greatest 19th Century reformers, Richard Cobden and John Bright of the
Anti-Corn Law League.
Cobden's intention was to persuade Martineau to use her considerable propagandist powers to further the cause of the
Anti-Corn Law League, the motivating centre of the campaign against economic protectionism.
The
Anti-Corn Law League was formed in 1839 to campaign for the repeal of the Corn Laws.