BattlefieldsPlug Plot strike Huddersfield 1842
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Plug Plot strike Huddersfield 1842

1842
Yorkshire, England
Era
modern
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Yorkshire, England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Forces
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
mill owners and military deployed throughout the West Riding.
VS
Victor
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
Huddersfield factory workers and Chartist organisers
Outcome
Strike suppressed by military deployment. Dozens arrested in Huddersfield area. Chartist leaders tried for seditious conspiracy. The failure of the strike ended the mass phase of the Chartist movement.
The Battle

History & Significance

Huddersfield was a major centre of the Plug Plot general strike of 1842 with workers pulling plugs from factory boilers and marching through the district recruiting strikers. The Huddersfield Chartists gave the strike explicit political demands for the Charter alongside wage claims.

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