ABSTRACT

This work brings together key texts drawn from the history of suffrage advocacy and agitation. The whole issue of voting rights and representation is shown to be anchored firmly in the wider political culture of Britain and Ireland as well as the Empire as a whole. Volume 3 covers texts from 1731 to 1832.

chapter |17 pages

An Address to the Working Class

chapter |37 pages

Extract from The Speech of Lord Brougham

chapter |11 pages

Extract from Letters to a Friend

chapter |11 pages

Wellington’s Speech on the Reform Bill

chapter |28 pages

The First Batch

chapter |46 pages

What the People Ought to Do

chapter |37 pages

Every Man his Own Law Maker