'You must fire on them': Protest and repression in Pultneytown, Caithness, in 1847

Jim Hunter

'You must fire on them': Protest and repression in Pultneytown, Caithness, in 1847

Jim Hunter

Centre for History

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Examines, based on contemporary accounts, the protests in the small coastal town Pulteneytown, Caithness, on Wednesday, 24 February, 1847, against the export of grain; the circumstances in which a small detachment from the British Army’s 76th Regiment opened fire on the protesters; and local and London newspaper comments about the confrontation and the military response.

Idioma original	English
Páginas (desde-hasta)	40-45
Número de páginas	5
Publicación	Studies in Scottish Literature
Volumen	46
N.º	1
Estado	Published - 31 jul 2020

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