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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 41 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BLANKETEERS , the See also:

nickname given to some 5000 operatives who on the loth of See also:March 1817 met in St See also:Peter's See also:Field, near See also:Manchester, to march to See also:London, each carrying blankets or rugs. Their See also:object was to see the See also:prince See also:regent and See also:lay their grievances before him. The Habeas Corpus See also:Act was suspended, and the leaders were seized and imprisoned. The bulk of the demonstration yielded at once. The few stragglers who persisted in the march were intercepted by troops, and treated with consider-able severity. Eventually the spokesmen had an interview with the ministers, and some reforms were the result.

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