ABSTRACT

Containing over 100 pamphlets, this edition provides a resource for the study of Chartism, covering the main areas of Chartist activity, including agitation for the Charter itself, the Land Plan, the issue of moral versus physical force and trade unionism.

chapter |10 pages

Address to the Fathers and Mothers, Sons and Daughters

Of the Working Classes, on the System of Exclusive Dealing. 1 and the Formation of Joint Stock Provision Companies, Shewing How the People May Free Themselves from Oppression. by Robert Lowery, 2 Member of the Late Convention, and Shareholder in the Newcastle Joint Stock Provision Company

chapter |10 pages

The Right of Englishmen to have Arms

As Shown in a Speech Delivered at the National Convention, on Thursday, 9th April 1839. 1

chapter |18 pages

Our Rights

Or, the Just Claims of the Working Classes, Stated, in a Letter to the Rev. T. H. Madge, Curate of Kettering, 1

chapter |12 pages

Common Sense, Under a Government ‘Pro Tempore,'

Addressed to a Body of Gentlemen, Deputed from Certain Large Districts for National Purposes. 1

chapter |17 pages

The Female Chartists' Visit to the Parish Church. 1

A SERMON, ADDRESSED TO THE FEMALE CHARTISTS OF CHELTENHAM, Sunday, August 25th, 1839, ON THE OCCASION OF THEIR ATTENDING THE PARISH CHURCH IN A BODY

chapter |7 pages

A Chartist's Reply to ‘A Few Words to the Chartists',

‘By' One Styling Himself, ‘A Friend.' 1

chapter |44 pages

The Ballot

Some Objections Answered with a Modification as Prayed of Parliament

chapter |19 pages

Chartism, Trades-Unionism, and Socialism;

Or, Which is the Best Calculated to Produce Permanent Relief to the Working Classes? 1 A Dialogue

chapter |91 pages

Chartism; A New Organization of the People,

Embracing a Plan for the Education and Improvement of the People, Politically and Socially; Addressed to the Working-Classes of the United Kingdom, and More Especially to the Advocates of the Rights and Liberties of the Whole People as Set Forth in the 'People's Charter.' Written in Warwick Gaol. 1

chapter |17 pages

The Rights of Woman

Exhibiting Her Natural, Civil, and Political Claims to a Share in the Legislative and Executive Power or the State. 1

chapter |8 pages

Class Legislation Exposed;

Or, Practical Atheism Identified with the Advocates of Property Qualification for Legislative Enfranchisement. 1

chapter |10 pages

CHARTISM v. WHIGISM. 1

A Letter to the Rev. R. S. Bayley, F.S.A. 2 In Reply to His Charges Against the Chartists. {1841}

chapter |23 pages

The Labourers' Library, Nos. 2 & 3

The Remedy for National Poverty and Impending National Ruin: 1 Or the Only Safe Way of Repealing the Corn Laws by Enabling Each Working Family to Produce a 'Big Loaf' and a 'Cheap Loaf' for Themselves, at Home!

chapter |12 pages

Chartism. 1