Catalogue Number
NMLH.1992.817
Object Name
Programme
Title
DARTMOOR PRISON LABOUR DAY 1st MAY 1917 DEMONSTRATION IN THE COMMUNAL HALL
Place
Dartmoor Prison & Devon & England & UK
People
conscientious objectors & prisoners; Keir Hardie
Events
demonstration & peace & War & World War I
Date
1917
Description
colour: red and black
Conscientious Objectors
After conscription was introduced in 1916, some workers refused to undertake military service. Some were socialists and others had strong religious principles. About 6,000 were imprisoned. These objects, including a sketchbook of Dartmoor Prison, came from William Holman of Norwich. Conscientious objectors were deprived of the right to vote after the war.
(OSP script)
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