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Title
Peterloo Massacre Memorial
Date
2019
Medium
stone
Measurements
H (?) x W 1160 x D (?) cm
Accession number
M2_MH_S126
Acquisition method
commissioned by Manchester City Council
Work type
Monument
Owner
Manchester City Council
Custodian
Manchester City Council
Work status
extant
Unveiling date
14th August 2019
Access
at all times
Inscription description
ON 16 AUGUST 1819 SOME 50,000 MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN FROM MANCHESTER / AND THE SURROUNDING REGION GATHERED PEACEFULLY ON THIS SITE, ST. PETER'S FIELD, TO / DEMAND A RADICAL REFORM OF PARLIAMENT AND THE VOTE FOR ALL ADULT MALES. THE LOCAL / MAGISTRATES SENT IN CONSTABLES TO ARREST THE SPEAKER, HENRY HUNT, SUPPORTED BY / ARMED CAVALRY. THE VOLUNTEER MANCHESTER AND SALFORD YEOMAN CAVALRY ATTACKED / THE PLATFORM AND THE CROWD, FOLLOWED BY THE CHESHIRE YEOMANRY. REGULAR CAVALRY OF THE / 15TH HUSSARS THEN CHARGED TO DISPERSE THE MEETING. AT LEAST EIGHTEEN PEOPLE DIED FROM / INJURIES RECEIVED ON THE DAY. ALMOST 700 WERE INJURED - CUT BY SABRES, BEATEN BY / TRUNCHEONS, TRAMPLED BY HORSES, OR CRUSHED IN THE CROWD. THE PLACES THE VICTIMS / CAME FROM AND THE NAMES OF THE DEAD ARE CARVED HERE. THE EVENT WAS DUBBED THE / PETERLOO MASSACRE, A REFERENCE TO THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO FOUR YEARS BEFORE. BETWEEN / 1832 AND 1928, UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE WAS ATTAINED IN STAGES, FOR BOTH MEN AND WOMEN. / THOSE WHO HAVE THE VOTE TODAY OWE A DEBT OF GRATITUDE TO THE BRAVE CITIZENS WHO / RALLIED HERE IN 1819. WE WILL UPHOLD THE DEMOCRATIC VALUES FOR WHICH THEY STOOD