| Eleven people were killed and several hundred injured, the event later to become known as the Peterloo Massacre. |
| Giant flags dripping with paint referenced the Peterloo massacre. |
| The show of strength was the largest protest in the city since the 1819 Peterloo massacre, when 15 people were killed when a crowd of 80,000 demanded parliamentary reform. |
| Which city, in August 1819, was the scene of the Peterloo Massacre? |
| Only months earlier peaceful protesters had been killed in the Peterloo Massacre in Manchester. |
| Slave rebellions were put down with a ferocity which made Peterloo look like a picnic. |
