In this episode I talk about my own family history and how DNA research can help but not be considered a cure all for gaps in our history.

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In the 1830s the class structure in Wales was being questioned by many who benefited least from it. The Working poor.

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With the loss of Henry, Hester finds new love and a new life returning to her native land to build a new life for herself while railing against the French republic.

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In our first of our monthly free form discussion we talk about how I source and research and how the AI creates concerns.

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Hester was now married and soon came children and strife in a period where the struggling family would grow into the premier place for the growing literary lights of London in the late 18th century.

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Today we talk about the first Welsh woman who created her own autobiography and was an influencial writer during the turn of the 19th century, Hester Lynch Salusbury.

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In the reign of the last two kings before Victoria reform which had been driven by the Radical Whigs were now becoming much more mainstream including in Wales where election reform was being aggressively pursued.

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Being destitute in the centuries after dissolution of the Monasteries created a need for government intervention to help deal with the elderly, disabled, infirm, orphans and those who were struggling to find work. from the 1500s to the beginning of the 19th century there was a lot of effort but not always done with the welfare of the poor in mind when taxes took over for donations.

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As labour strife continued to grow in Wales secret societies rose up to help defend the labourers and the poor who needed defending from the companies and authorities.

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In this episode we talk a bit about the fight against slavery in Britain, and in the United States. Who were Welsh people who influenced the fight in both countries.

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The agricultural area north of Cardiff which had been a grazing place for sheep becomes the main industrial resource arm to power the British Empire. And the consequences of this urbanization creates all new problems.

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