The end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815 brought with it famine , chronic unemployment and drastic wage cuts , especially amongst textile weavers and spinners , and this – coupled with a lack of suffrage ( voting rights ) – led to calls for reform which culminated in the Peterloo Massacre of 1819 in Manchester , England when a peaceful demonstration of radical reformers was attacked by cavalry
Peterloo Massacre
Peterloo Massacre
The Rochdale Pioneers