Tolpuddle Martyrs

(ˈtɒlˌpʌdəl) pl n (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) six farm workers sentenced to transportation for seven years in 1834 for administering an unlawful oath to form a trade union in the village of Tolpuddle, Dorset

Tolpuddle Martyrs

1834 English farm workers sentenced to transportation to Australia for seven years for forming a trade union. Public outcry led to their return in 1836.

Tolpuddle Martyrs

Tolpuddle Martyrs,

name given to six English agricultural laborers who in 1834 were prosecuted for trade union activities and sentenced to transportation. In 1833 these laborers, led by George and James Loveless (or Lovelace), formed a branch of the Friendly Society of Agricultural Laborers at Tolpuddle, in Dorset. With the approval of the Whig government, which feared a renewal of the agricultural agitation of 1831, they were arrested on the trumped-up charge of administering illegal oaths and were sentenced to seven years transportation to Australia. Public reaction throughout the country made the six into popular heroes, and the sentence was finally remitted in 1836 after continuous agitation. One of the six returned to Tolpuddle; the others emigrated to Canada.

单词	tolpuddle martyrs
释义	Tolpuddle Martyrs Tolpuddle Martyrs (ˈtɒlˌpʌdəl) pl n (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) six farm workers sentenced to transportation for seven years in 1834 for administering an unlawful oath to form a trade union in the village of Tolpuddle, Dorset Tolpuddle Martyrs 1834 English farm workers sentenced to transportation to Australia for seven years for forming a trade union. Public outcry led to their return in 1836. Tolpuddle Martyrs Tolpuddle Martyrs, name given to six English agricultural laborers who in 1834 were prosecuted for trade union activities and sentenced to transportation. In 1833 these laborers, led by George and James Loveless (or Lovelace), formed a branch of the Friendly Society of Agricultural Laborers at Tolpuddle, in Dorset. With the approval of the Whig government, which feared a renewal of the agricultural agitation of 1831, they were arrested on the trumped-up charge of administering illegal oaths and were sentenced to seven years transportation to Australia. Public reaction throughout the country made the six into popular heroes, and the sentence was finally remitted in 1836 after continuous agitation. One of the six returned to Tolpuddle; the others emigrated to Canada.
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