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Week Two Omnibus - From the Abolition of Atlantic Slavery to the Freedom of Information Act
A new series exploring the long history of struggles for liberty in Britain.
10. Freedom of Information
How the British public won the right to know more of the truth about the conduct of power.
9 Gay Rights
The decriminalisation of homosexuality, and the struggle for equal rights that followed.
8. The Married Women's Property Act
The struggle to win married women's right to own property and be counted as full citizens.
7 Catholic Emancipation
The long struggle to free pre-Victorian Catholics from laws barring them from public life.
6. The Abolition of Atlantic Chattel Slavery
The Jamaican slave rebellion that contributed to Britain's abolition of slavery.
Week One Omnibus - From Magna Carta to Victorian Trade Unions
A new series exploring the long history of struggles for liberty in Britain.
5 Freedom of Association
The struggle of Victorian working men to form trade unions with real negotiating power.
4 Freedom of the Press
How a libertine called John Wilkes fought for the right to criticize the powerful, and won
3 Freedom of Religion
How post-Civil War England produced a radical idea - Toleration - and its role today.
