Tuesday 17 May 2016

17th May 1816: Handbill posted in Norwich calls for march on London

Attention

Fellow Countrymen & Slaves, now is the time to shake of your Load of Oppression & Starvation for which Purpose meet on the Castle Hill on Sunday Morning at 10 o'Clock then march to London there demand your Rights like Sons of Liberty

God save the People.

This handbill was copied in a letter from the Mayor of Norwich to the Home Office, and can be found at HO 42/150.

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