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George Black, 1817 – 1879

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Meet the Wyatts: a London Chartist family

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William Cuffay, 1788 – 1870

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John Dover, 1804 – 1865

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Daniel William Ruffy or Ruffy Ridley, 1805-1861

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Chartism in Australia

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Chartists transported to Australia

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Carpenters Hall
Where Manchester Chartists met in their thousands to hear Feargus O’Connor

George Black
Chartist gun runner and gold diggers’ advocate at Ballarat, Australia

The Evening Star
Feargus O’Connor’s Chartist evening newspaper for London

Chartist Lives
Read about the People who made up the Chartist movement

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Ernest Jones and the King of Hanover A youthful political indiscretion on the part of a Chartist leader

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The People’s Charter
The pamphlet that started it all

Northern Star
The paper that made Chartism

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When did it all happen?

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