11. The potato failure was eclipsed by the domestic issue of Corn Law repeal. 12. Margaret became interested in politics during the anti corn laws protests in 1845. 13. He is known as a revisionist historian of the Repeal of the Corn Laws . 14. In 1840 Absalom became Vice-President of Manchester's Anti-Corn Law League. 15. The first systematic Corn Laws imposing duties on grain had been passed in 1773. 16. Further explanation of the corn laws and why this made controversy could be explained. 17. Oliphant and Buckingham petitioned Parliament for the Repeal of the Corn Laws in 1834. 18. Lawrence passed a Corn Law , forbidding Acadian exports until Halifax market had been supplied. 19. Modern empirical analysis of the Corn Laws yield mixed results. 20. Might I suggest that you look at the motives behind the Anti-Corn law campaign?
