Human rights

800 years of human rights in the United Kingdom explored using original documents from The National Archives.

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Themed collections

• Protest and Democracy 1816 to 1818, part 1
  Was this the start of mass politics in Britain?
• Protest and democracy 1818 to 1820, part 2
  How close was Britain to revolution?
• Suffragettes on file
  What did the struggle for the vote involve?
• Civil Rights in America
  Follow the progress of the struggle through the archives

Lessons

• Why was radical writer Thomas Paine significant?
  Political and social reform in 18th century Britain
• Mangrove Nine protest
  What does this reveal about police brutality and racism in ’70s Britain?
• 1919 race riots
  How significant a factor was race in the riots of 1919?

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