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Events on Tuesday 18 September 1838 1
1838Anti-Corn Law League Founded in ManchesterFree-trade campaigners organize against British grain tariffsManchester merchants and manufacturers founded the Anti-Corn Law League to campaign for repeal of the Corn Laws, which imposed tariffs on imported grain to protect domestic landowners. Led by Richard Cobden and John Bright, the League became one of the most effective pressure groups in British political history. The Corn Laws were eventually repealed in 1846.