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The Mask of Anarchy

Written on the occasion of the Peterloo massacre at Manchester, which took place two hundred years ago.

Percy Bysshe Shelley

16 August 2019

A coloured engraving that depicts the Peterloo Massacre (military suppression of a demonstration in Manchester, England by cavalry charge on August 16, 1819 with loss of life) in Manchester, England. — A coloured engraving that depicts the Peterloo Massacre (military suppression of a demonstration in Manchester, England by cavalry charge on August 16, 1819 with loss of life) in Manchester, England.
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Dreadful Scene at Manchester Meeting of Reformers Augt. 16. 1819: A print depicting the Peterloo Massacre of 16 August 1819, at Manchester, England. This coloured version purchased by John Jenkins and exhibited in November 1819. — Dreadful Scene at Manchester Meeting of Reformers Augt. 16. 1819: A print depicting the Peterloo Massacre of 16 August 1819, at Manchester, England. This coloured version purchased by John Jenkins and exhibited in November 1819. | Wikicommons/ Anonymous. Some rights reserved.

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