Punch's' monument to Robert Peel (1788-1850) for the repeal of the Corn Laws in 1846. From 1815 to 1846 Corn Laws kept corn prices high to protect farmers from foreign competition. The poor suffered from the high price of bread. Repealed in mid-1846. Cartoon From 'Punch', London, 1850.
Punch's' monument to Robert Peel (1788-1850) for the repeal of the Corn Laws in 1846. From 1815 to 1846 Corn Laws kept corn prices high to protect farmers from foreign competition. The poor suffered from the high price of bread. Repealed in mid-1846. Cartoon From 'Punch', London, 1850.
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