Henry "Orator" Hunt (1773 – 1835), a British radical speaker and agitator, invited by the Patriotic Union Society, formed by the Manchester Observer, to speak at a rally in Manchester on 16 August 1819. It became the Peterloo Massacre after which he was arrested and convicted to two years in prison.

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Location: St Peter's Field, Manchester, England
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