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The Merthyr Rising, also referred to as the Merthyr Riots, [1] [2] of 1831 was the violent climax to many years of simmering unrest among the large working class population of Merthyr Tydfil in Wales and the surrounding area. The Rising marked the first times the red flag was used a symbol of working class rebellion in the United Kingdom. [3] [4]
Richard Lewis (1807/8 – 13 August 1831), known as Dic Penderyn, was a Welsh labourer and coal miner who lived in Merthyr Tydfil and was involved with the Merthyr Rising of 3 June 1831. In the course of the riot he was arrested alongside Lewis Lewis , one of the primary figures in the uprising, and charged with stabbing a soldier with a bayonet .
Later depiction of the Merthyr Rising, with armed rioters raising the red flag. The militia ballot was enforced for the last time in March 1831 during another period of industrial unrest. It was unpopular in South Wales because of the likelihood of the militia being used in support of the civil power against strikers.
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An important development of the trade union movement in Wales was the Merthyr Rising in May 1831 where coal and steel workers employed by the powerful Crawshay family took to the streets of Merthyr Tydfil, calling for reform, protesting against the lowering of their wages and general unemployment. Gradually the protest spread to nearby ...
An armed uprising takes place in Merthyr Tydfil, as thousands of workers protest against their poor wages and working conditions [217] 13 August Despite a petition for his release, a young miner called Richard Lewis (also known as Dic Penderyn ) is hanged outside Cardiff Gaol for stabbing a soldier with a bayonet during the Merthyr Rising ...
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