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Engraving of the seven Haymarket Martyrs sentenced to death after the Haymarket Riot in Chicago, 1886
Engraving of the seven Haymarket Martyrs sentenced to death after the Haymarket Riot in Chicago, 1886
Credit: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper

Engraving of the seven anarchists sentenced to death in the aftermath of the Haymarket affair, a bombing in Chicago, United States in 1886. The event was a significant milestone in the history of anarchism and of anarchism in the United States, and marked the beginning of the annual tradition of May Day labor movement protests.