Chase’s index: all the names in Chartism: A New History, by Malcom Chase
When the historian Malcolm Chase completed his much-admired Chartism: A New History and submitted it to Manchester University Press for
Read MoreWhat did your family do in the revolution?
If you are searching for an individual and want to find out more about their involvement in Chartism, you may strike lucky and find them in one of the lists of names included in the articles below.
Your best bet, however, is to search the full Chartist Ancestors Databank. It includes more than 14,000 names and can be downloaded in Excel format.
When the historian Malcolm Chase completed his much-admired Chartism: A New History and submitted it to Manchester University Press for
Read MoreThe final resting place of many once prominent Chartists is unknown. Some died impoverished or unnoticed except by their families
Read MoreThis page names local officials of the Chartist Land Plan, which aimed to resettle workers on smallholdings by collecting small
Read MoreThis page recounts the story of George Julian Harney’s short-lived Friend of the People, and reproduces some snippets from its
Read MoreChartists played a prominent role in the Eureka rebellion of 1854. This page looks at their involvement, and reproduces a
Read MoreMuch of the Chartist leadership found itself on trial after the events of the summer of 1842. This page sets
Read MoreLeeds was home to the Northern Star in its early years and to civic Chartism
Read MoreInterviews with 73 Chartist prisoners conducted for the Home Office in January 1841.
Read MoreThe government showed little hesitation in arresting and imprisoning Chartists as part of its strategy for dealing with successive waves
Read MoreThis page briefly outlines the political activities in which Chartist women took part, examines the extent of Female Chartist Associations
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