Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of illustrations vi
4. Acknowledgements vii
5. List of abbreviations viii
6. Glossary ix
7. Introduction: The Keelmen and their Masters 1
8. 1 Early Troubles, 1633–99 12
9. 2 The Keelmen’s Charity, 1699–1712: Success, Conflict and Collapse 21
10. 3 The Keelmen’s Charity: Attempts at Revival, 1717–70 40
11. 4 The Charity Established 50
12. 5 Combinations and Strikes 1710–38 61
13. 6 The ‘Villainous Riot’ of 1740 and its Aftermath 87
14. 7 The Strikes of 1744 and 1750 98
15. 8 The Appeal to Parliament 109
16. 9 A New Threat 117
17. 10 The Impressment of Keelmen 124
18. 11 The Strike of 1809: The Keelmen Prevail 132
19. 12 The Strike of 1819: A Partial Victory 140
20. 13 ‘The Long Stop’ of 1822: The Keelmen Defeated 149
21. 14 The Keelmen go to Law 167
22. 15 The Decline of the Keelmen 177
23. 16 The Magistrates and the Keelmen 187
24. 17 The Keelmen and Trade Unionism 197
25. Bibliography 205
26. Index 213