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| 1788 |
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| Court of Common Pleas declared gleaning as trespass. This marked the continued destruction of customary rights of the poor. | 1 |
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| 1791 |
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| Corresponding Society founded in London. These societies provided the basis for spreading radical ideas during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. | 2 |
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| 1792 |
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| Joanna Southcott organized a millenarian sect, claiming she would bear a son, Shiloh of Gen. 49:10. She convinced several doctors she was pregnant prior to her death, and her followers continued to await the arrival of a spiritual rather than temporal son. | 3 |
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| May 21 |
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| Growing agitation for parliamentary reform led to a proclamation against seditious writings. | 4 |
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