Today in 1812, Lord Byron gave his first address as a member of the House of Lords in a parliamentary debate on the Frame Breaking Act which made destroying or damaging lace-machines (stocking frames) a crime punishable by death.
Criticizing the proposed legislation advanced by the government in response to textile workers protesting the industrializatio…
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