Anti-Corn Law League
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Anti-Corn Law League was in effect the resumption of the Anti-Corn Law Association, created in London in 1836, but which did not obtain widespread popularity. The Anti-Corn Law League was founded in Manchester, 1839, and Richard Cobden and John Bright were the two principal figures of the movement, while George Wilson, the president of the League, was in charge of administrative duties.
The aim of the league was the abolition of the corn laws (which was obtained in 1846). After this was achieved, the league challenged protectionist practices in Great Britain. The aim was to establish a fully free-trade economy in order to decrease the price of basic food products (such as bread and agricultural produce), to support the performance of agriculture and industry, and thus to weave stronger commercial bonds - supposedly the guarantors of peace - with the other nations.
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See The Life and Spoeches of the Right Hon. John Bright, M.P., by George Barnett Smith, 2 vols. 8vo (1881); The Life of John Bright, M.P., by John M Gilchrist, in Cassell's Representative Biographies (1868); John Bright, by CA Vince (1898); Speeches on Parliamentary Reform by John Bright, M.P., revised by Himself (1866); Speeches on Questions of Public Policy, by John Bright, M.P., edited by JE Thorold Rogers, 2 vols. 8vo (1868); Public Addresses, edited by JE Thorold Rogers, 8vo (1879); Public Letters of the Right Hon. John Bright, MP., collected by HJ Leech (1885); Life and Speeches of John Bright, by Frank Moore (1865).
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