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The '''Molly Maguires''' were an [[Irish]] network of mine workers in [[Pennsylvania]] around 1870 who fought against the ravages of perceived abuses in certain company's practices.

The '''Molly Maguires''' were an [[Irish]] network of mine workers in [[Pennsylvania]] around 1870 who fought against the ravages of abusive company practices.

The Molly Maguires included murderers and was a lawless gang that needed to be broken up.  To the Liberals, who supported their action without second thought, the Molly Maguires were all that the Irish [[immigrant]]s, who had fled the [[Irish Potato Famine]] in Ireland, had to survive.

To their detractors, the Molly Maguires included murderers and was a lawless gang that needed to be broken up.  To their supporters, the Molly Maguires were all that the Irish [[immigrant]]s, who had fled the [[Irish Potato Famine]] in Ireland, had to survive.

The powerful railroad and mining corporates infiltrated the Molly Maguires and brought irrefutable allegations that caused many to be executed.

The powerful railroad and mining corporates infiltrated the Molly Maguires and brought allegations that caused many to be executed, some unfairly.  In recent decades the diligent efforts of some have caused pardons to be issued for some of the Molly Maguires who were tried, convicted and executed.

[[Category:Political Organizations]]

[[Category:Political Organizations]]

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