William Cuffay, a black tailor who lived in London, was one of the leaders and martyrs of the Chartist movement, the first mass political movement of the British working class. His grandfather was an ...
An article by Past Tense on the first attempted general strike called by the Chartist movement for August 1839. It also compares the ideas of the strikes main proponent, William Benbow with other ...
Given the Victorian outlook of the present British government, it's fitting, if in many ways frustrating, that the British left also seems to be taking a trip back in time. The welcome and laudable ...
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A selection from what has been identified by a University of Manchester academic as the only surviving Chartist hymn book is to be performed in public for the first time since 1854. English literature ...
Victoria season three airs every Sunday on ITV at 9pm. Series three picks up in 1848, a difficult time in Victorian history in the UK and abroad. One of the pressing issues facing Britain was the ...
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