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Digital History: Haymarket Square Riot

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A description of the Haymarket Square riot and its cause. Find quotes from the Chicago Tribune which called the protesters insurrectionists, and two Illinois governors who doubted the guilt of those rounded up, charged, and convicted of planting a bomb at the square. See the tension between the establishment and workers who were immigrants demonstrating for better working conditions.

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