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    The Great Cat Massacre of 1730 was an event where printers in Paris killed and tortured cats to protest their poor working conditions and low pay. The printers felt oppressed by their masters and killed the cats belonging to their masters as a symbolic act of rebellion and revenge against their employers. This event showed the tensions that existed between the printers and their employers in 18th century France.

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    The Great Cat Massacre of 1730 was an event where printers in Paris killed and tortured cats to protest their poor working conditions and low pay. The printers felt oppressed by their masters and killed the cats belonging to their masters as a symbolic act of rebellion and revenge against their employers. This event showed the tensions that existed between the printers and their employers in 18th century France.

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    Darnton Great Cat Massacre 1730 History Today 1984 34 8

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    The Great Cat Massacre of 1730 was an event where printers in Paris killed and tortured cats to protest their poor working conditions and low pay. The printers felt oppressed by their masters and killed the cats belonging to their masters as a symbolic act of rebellion and revenge against their employers. This event showed the tensions that existed between the printers and their employers in 18th century France.

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    Darnton, Robert, The Great Cat Massacre, 1730 , History Today, 34:8

    (1984:Aug.) p.7

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