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George Julian Harney, 1817-1897

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Friend of the People – into the 1850s

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

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

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Feargus O’Connor’s Chartist evening newspaper for London

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Read about the People who made up the Chartist movement

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