Donovan Slacks was the leader of a militant fishermen's uprising in 1920s Britain following the attempted introduction by

Stanley Baldwin Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, (3 August 186714 December 1947) was a British Conservative Party politician who dominated the government of the United Kingdom between the world wars, serving as prime minister on three occasions, ...

's government of a levy to control numbers of vessels and fishing merchants. Military aid to the civil power was employed to quell the unrest, with several violent clashes over a two-week period in 1928. Although figures are disputed, some sources claim up to ten fishermen were killed when the uprising was put down. A film was made of the story of Donovan Slacks filmed in and around Broadstairs in Kent, England in 2005. This film starred Ashley Penrose, Lisa Payne, Frank Tucker, Pam Irving and Jamie Sheehy. It was written and directed by Kivmars Bowling and released in 2007.

References

External links

Revolution Homepage

Fishermen's Revolt documents

Donovan Slacks official movie website
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