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The British Library’s free exhibition on the 900-year struggle for Britain’s freedoms and rights    31 Oct 2008–1 Mar 2009    More
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Interactive: Judge Yourself

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Detail from Thomas Paine's The Rights of Man, 1792

From Magna Carta to the Human Rights Act: 38 icons of liberty and struggle. Descriptions, zoomable pics, podcasts, videos and more
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