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Hugh Craig, 1795 – 1858

  • material culture

The O’Connor tartan and Scotland’s radical weavers

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  • women chartists

May Paris 1807 – 1849

  • chartism in the localities
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Women Chartists in Scotland

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Teetotal Chartism

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Great meeting of Scottish delegates 1839

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Scottish Convention 1842

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William Paul Dowling, 1824-1877
Artist, Irish Confederate and London Chartist

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Feargus O’Connor’s Chartist evening newspaper

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The People’s Charter
The pamphlet that started it all

Northern Star
The paper that made Chartism

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When did it all happen?

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