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The Canut revolt — The rising of the Lyon silk weavers, November 1831
The canuts, silk weavers working to order for the merchants, had obtained from the prefect a minimum tariff that more than a hundred manufacturers refused to apply. They stopped the looms at the Croix-Rousse — then a commune separate from Lyon —, came down the Grande-Côte and clashed with the National Guard; the next day, joined by the Brotteaux and the Guillotière, they held the city, under a black flag bearing « Vivre en travaillant ou mourir en combattant ». The sources do not agree on the number of dead. A second insurrection took place in April 1834. (Editorial synthesis)
The Canut revolt took place in Lyon. (source: Larousse)
The Canut revolt ended in the arrival of the Duke of Orléans and Marshal Soult, which ended the provisional government the insurgents had formed at the town hall. (source: Larousse)
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