Full text of the Petition for the Charter, 1848
The Chartist leader and Nottingham MP Feargus O’Connor introduced the Chartist petition of 1848 into the House of Commons on
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The Chartist leader and Nottingham MP Feargus O’Connor introduced the Chartist petition of 1848 into the House of Commons on
Read MoreThe first Chartist petition originally had little if anything to do with Chartism. This page looks at its origins and at how petition and Charter came together in an unexpectedly powerful way.
Read MoreFull text of the First Chartist Petition of 1839
Read MoreThomas Slingsby Duncombe, the radical MP for Finsbury, introduced the Chartist Petition of 1842 ‘signed by 3,315,752 of the industrious
Read MoreDescribed as a ‘splendid and costly prsent’ to Northern Star readers, the engraving shown here was a huge undertaking.
Read MoreThe 1842 leviathan petition was an extraordinary document – and some extraordinary claims were made about it. But how true were they?
Read MoreMPs voted by an overwhelming majority not to allow Chartists to address them about the 1842 petition.
Read MoreThe 1842 ‘leviathan petition’ was bigger than any paper petition before or since. This page looks at the events of Monday 2 May 1842, when a huge crowd took it to Parliament
Read MoreThe Chartist petition of 1842 was bigger than its predecessor – and all other petitions previously sent to Parliament. This is the the story of its origins and organisation
Read MoreThe broadside shown here dates from August 1838, at the very start of the Chartist period. At the time it
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