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Friend of the People – into the 1850s

Chartist Ancestors ernest jones, friend of the people, george julian harney

This page recounts the story of George Julian Harney’s short-lived Friend of the People, and reproduces some snippets from its

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Red Republican – a socialist internationalist voice

Chartist Ancestors george julian harney, red republican

The Red Republican ran for 24 issues from June to November 1850, and almost every issue carried a list of

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The Northern Star in numbers

Chartist Ancestors feargus o'connor, george julian harney, henry vincent, petitions, william lovett

This page provides a statistical breakdown of some of the main themes and individuals reported by the Northern Star between

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Northern Star – the paper that made Chartism

Chartist Ancestors feargus o'connor, george julian harney, leeds, northern star

The Northern Star was by some distance the most important of all the Chartist newspapers, and for family historians it

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Helen Macfarlane 1818 – 1860

Chartist Ancestors george julian harney, helen macfarlane, red republican

First translator of the Communist Manifesto. Few knew her identity at the time, and fewer still remembered her in the

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