Northern 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
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Katrina Navickas on Protest and the Politics of Space and Place
Dr Katrina Navickas is the author of Protest and the Politics of Space and Place 1789-1848. She is senior lecturer
Read moreEdmund Stallwood, Chartist journalist, 1810 – 1866
Edmund Stallwood was an active trade unionist and radical who worked as London correspondent for the Chartist Northern Star. This
Read moreFrost defence fund 1839 – 1840
With the arrest of John Frost and other leaders of the Newport rebellion, a stunned Chartist movement swung slowly into
Read moreFourth national petition 1849
By November 1848, with many of its leading activists in prison, the National Charter Association was in such a state
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