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Scotland Free or a Desart: The Radical Insurrection of 1820

By T J Dowds
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By T J Dowds
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Late on Wednesday 4 April 1820, Andrew Hardie led a group of two dozen men out of Glasgow towards Falkirk to obtain weapons for a general rising they believed was about to begin to win the right to form trade unions, the right to vote and a Scottish parliament. At Condorrat they were joined by other Radicals led by John Baird, who took command of the party, that set out for Carron Ironworks. At Bonnymuir they were confronted by cavalry, and after a short, fierce engagement were defeated and...

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