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The Rebecca Riots in south-west Wales

Tearing down the gates of their oppressors

This article explores a Victorian protest movement led by an invented figure: Rebecca

‘The Welsh Rioters’, published in Illustrated London News in 1843
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AQA 1F Industrialisation and the people: Britain, c.1783–1885

Edexcel Paper 1, Option 1D Britain, c.1785–c.1870: democracy, protest and reform

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