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Time for another rebellion?

By Helene Cacace

Updated on 11 May 2009

Over 400 years ago a revolutionary group tried to overthrow a "fat and greedy governing elite". As MPs reveal the full horror of their apparent venality More 4 News revisits the Levellers.

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More 4 News returns to the towns associated with the Levellers' rebellion to find whether any " Freeborn Englishmen"  remain.

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