Riots at Salter Hebble, Halifax

Disturbances at Salter Hebble in Halifax, part of the 1842 general strike, also known as the Plug Plot Riots, The riots started among the miners in Staffordshire, England, and soon spread through Britain affecting factories, mills in Yorkshire and Lancashire, and coal mines from Dundee to South Wales and Cornwall. In the case of Halifax, mounted troops were drafted in from Leeds and the engraving shows some of the mob attacking them

1842 Dispute Disputes Disturbances Halifax Hussars Insurrection Jul19 Lancers Plot Plug Salter Troopers

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