| 1. | The repeal of the Corn Laws steadied prices, though agriculture remained prosperous.
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| 2. | The landed interest was under sustained challenge from the Anti-Corn Law League.
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| 3. | He was also Secretary of the Anti-Corn Law League and a philanthropist.
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| 4. | His friend, Anti Corn Law campaigner Richard Cobden was his son's godfather.
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| 5. | Cobden campaigned for free trade in his agitation against the Corn Laws.
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| 6. | It was erected to mark the repeal of the Corn Laws.
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| 7. | Richard Cobden persuaded Somerville to join the Anti-Corn Law League in August 1842.
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| 8. | He opposed the corn laws, alcohol, stamp duties, capital punishment, war and slavery.
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| 9. | He voted for revision of the Corn Laws and Income tax.
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| 10. | :Another example is the dispute over the corn laws in England in 1845.
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