Volume 1 of Samuel Bamford's autobiography. Samuel Bamford (28
February 1788 - 13 April 1872, was an English radical and writer,
who was born in Middleton, Lancashire. In August 1819, Bamford led
a group from Middleton to St Peter's Fields, to attend a meeting
pressing for parliamentary reform, where they witnessed the
Peterloo Massacre. Bamford was arrested and charged with treason.
Although the evidence showed that he had not been involved in the
violence, he was nevertheless found guilty of inciting a riot and
sentenced to a year in Lincoln gaol. The experience of the massacre
made a deep impression on Bamford, and convinced him that the
state's power would always succeed against radical militancy. He
came to be seen as a voice for radical reform, but opposed to any
activism that involved physical force. Bamford was the author of
poetry (mostly in standard English)but of those in dialect several
showing sympathy with the conditions of the working class became
widely popular.
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