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Female Chartism and the press

Chartist Ancestors helen macfarlane, mary ann walker, northern star, red republican

While conservative newspapers invariably tried to belittle and undermine female Chartists, the radical press was often – though not always

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organisations and newspapers 

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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historiography 

Katrina Navickas on Protest and the Politics of Space and Place

Chartist Ancestors northern star

Dr Katrina Navickas is the author of Protest and the Politics of Space and Place 1789-1848. She is senior lecturer

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life stories 

Edmund Stallwood, Chartist journalist, 1810 – 1866

Chartist Ancestors northern star, red republican

Edmund Stallwood was an active trade unionist and radical who worked as London correspondent for the Chartist Northern Star. This

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insurrection and monster meetings 

Frost defence fund 1839 – 1840

Chartist Ancestors john frost, newport, northern star

With the arrest of John Frost and other leaders of the Newport rebellion, a stunned Chartist movement swung slowly into

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petitions 

Fourth national petition 1849

Chartist Ancestors feargus o'connor, national charter association, northern star

By November 1848, with many of its leading activists in prison, the National Charter Association was in such a state

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