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Who are the tolpuddle martyrs?

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They were a friendly society of agricultural labourers. there were six men all together. they were call George loveless , James loveless, James Hammett , James brine, Thomas standfield and John standfield. they were found guilty of swearing oaths which was illegal and were sentenced to 7 years to transportation to Australia. They also refused to work for they earned less than 10 shillings a week which was then reduced to 6 shillings a week. xD

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