BAMFORD, SAMUEL (1788-1872)

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BAMFORD, SAMUEL (1788-1872) ,

English

ENGLISH

labour politician, was born at Miston, near Middleton, Lancashire, on the 28th of

February

FEBRUARY

1788. Himself a stalwart weaver, he was opposed to

physical

PHYSICAL

force movements and did all he could to restrain the violent resistance to

trade

oppression which was so common; yet through attending and speaking at the

meeting

MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

(1819) at Peterloo, Manchester (q.v.), which was intended to be a peaceful gathering to

petition

PETITION (Lat. for " seeking " or " praying ")

for Parliamentary reform and a repeal of the Corn Law but ended in a massacre, he was arrested for a breach of the law, convicted and sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment. He was the author of several widely popular poems (principally in the Lancashire dialect) showing sympathy with the conditions of his class, and his Passages in the

Life

LIFE

of a Radical (1840--1844) is an authoritative history of the

condition

CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

of the working classes in the years succeeding the battle of Waterloo. He died at Harpurhey on the 13th of

April

APRIL

1872, and was accorded a public funeral, attended by thousands.

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