This account of the Tolpuddle martyrs' struggle for higher wages and justice is heartfelt, but should trust its audience rather moreThe Tolpuddle martyrs were a group of 19th-century Dorset farm labourers who, like many in the 1830s, lived on subsistence wages and often sent their children to bed hungry. The martyrs refused to grin and bear their situation and asked for higher wages. When their request was refused, t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:09AM on October 1, 2016