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British acts of 1799 and 1800 that outlawed trade unions. The laws made it illegal for any workingman to combine with another to gain an increase in wages or a decrease in hours, to get anyone else to leave work, or to reject to working with any other workman. This law also stopped the growth of unions and stated workers should not be obtaining advances of wages, lessen the working hours or influence others to quit their jobs. Any workman that went against the law was committed to jail. This act was repealed later in 1824 by efforts of Radical reformer Francis

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Q: What was the Combination Act of 1799 in England?
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