Paul Pickering on Feargus O’Connor
Professor Paul Pickering is Director of both the Research School of Humanities and the Arts and the Australian Studies Institute
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Trial of Feargus O’Connor and 58 others, 1843
Much of the Chartist leadership found itself on trial after the events of the summer of 1842. This page sets
Read moreNational Charter League
The National Charter League was one of a number of organisations that came forward after 1848 in an attempt to
Read moreThe Northern Star in numbers
This page provides a statistical breakdown of some of the main themes and individuals reported by the Northern Star between
Read moreNorthern Star – the paper that made Chartism
The Northern Star was by some distance the most important of all the Chartist newspapers, and for family historians it
Read moreChartist prisoners, 1839-1840
The government showed little hesitation in arresting and imprisoning Chartists as part of its strategy for dealing with successive waves
Read moreNCA National Central Registration and Elections Committee
The National Charter Association’s National Registration and Elections Committee (NCREC) aimed to co-ordinate the Chartist challenge at parliamentary elections, despite
Read moreMonster meeting on Kennington Common, 10 April 1848
On 10 April 1848, thousands of Chartists assembled on Kennington Common in south London preparing to march on Parliament to
Read moreLondon convention and assembly 1848
The 1848 Chartist Convention of 1848 was called to prepare the presentation of the third great national petition calling for
Read moreStephen Roberts on Dorothy Thompson and the Dignity of Chartism
Stephen Roberts is the editor of The Dignity of Chartism, a collection of essays by the eminent Chartist historian Dorothy
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