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James Wroe
James Wroe (1788–1844), was the only editor of the radical reformist newspaper the ''Manchester Observer'', the journalist who named the incident known as the Peterloo massacre, and the writer of pamphlets as a result that brought about the Reform Act 1832. Early life Wroe was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire. Trained as a Wool combing machine, woolcomber, after moving to Manchester he became involved in local politics. ''Manchester Observer'' In 1818 Wroe, John Knight, Joseph Johnson and John Saxton formed the ''Manchester Observer''. With Wroe as its editor, it pioneered radicalist popularist articles, and within twelve months was selling 4,000 copies per week to its local audience. By late 1819 it was being sold in most of the booming industrialised cities – Birmingham, Leeds, London, Salford, Greater Manchester, Salford – that were calling for non-conformist reform of the Houses of Parliament. However, along with Thomas John Evans (radical), Thomas John Evans and Saxto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manchester Observer
The ''Manchester Observer'' was a short-lived non-conformist Liberal newspaper based in Manchester, England. Its radical agenda led to an invitation to Henry "Orator" Hunt to speak at a public meeting in Manchester, which subsequently led to the Peterloo Massacre and the shutdown of the newspaper. Background By 1819, the allocation of Parliamentary constituencies did not reflect the distribution of population. The major urban centres of Manchester, Salford, Bolton, Blackburn, Rochdale, Ashton-under-Lyne, Oldham and Stockport, with a combined population of almost one million, were represented only by their county MPs; and very few inhabitants had the vote. Lancashire (in which all the above other than Stockport lay) was represented by two members of parliament (MPs), with voting restricted to the adult male owners of freehold land valued at 40 shillings or more—the equivalent of about £80 as of 2008—and votes could only be cast at the county town of Lancaster, by a pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |