General Strike of 1842
Connexipedia Article

http://www.connexions.org/CxLibrary/Docs/CxP-1842_General_Strike.htm
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX9604

The strike started among the Staffordshire miners and soon spread through the country affecting factories, mills and coal mines from Dundee to South Wales and Cornwall.

Subject Headings

• British History
• Chartists
• Direct Action
• Events Listed in Connexipedia
• Events 1800-1899
• General Strikes
• Workers' History