ANTI-CORN LAW LEAGUE


Meaning of ANTI-CORN LAW LEAGUE in English

British organization founded in 1839, devoted to fighting England's Corn Laws , regulations governing the import and export of grain.

It was led by Richard Cobden , who saw the laws as both morally wrong and economically damaging. The league mobilized the industrial middle classes against the landlords, and Cobden won over the prime minister, Sir Robert Peel . The Corn Laws were repealed in 1846.

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