The Early Chartists

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Introduction....Pages 1-36
Chronology....Pages 37-41
Front Matter....Pages 43-45
Richard Oastler on the Origins of Chartism....Pages 46-49
Address and Rules of the Working Men’s Association: Brochure to Members issued June 1836....Pages 50-54
Prospectus of the East London Democratic Association issued January 1837....Pages 55-56
Bronterre O’Brien’s Account of the Radical Meeting at the Crown and Anchor, 28 February 1837....Pages 57-61
Petition Adopted at the Crown and Anchor Meeting....Pages 62-66
Account of Public Meeting of Radicals in Halifax, 22 January 1838....Pages 67-70
Appeal to the Trade Societies of Bolton from the Bolton Working Men’s Association, 29 July 1839....Pages 71-72
Address to the People of Bury by Matthew Fletcher....Pages 73-81
The Autobiography of One of the Chartist Rebels of 1848....Pages 82-86
Front Matter....Pages 87-88
The Question ‘What is a Chartist?’ Answered....Pages 89-93
The Just Claims of the Working Classes....Pages 94-114
Extract from ‘The Rights of Woman’ by R. J. Richardson....Pages 115-127
Address of the Female Political Union of Newcastle upon Tyne to their Fellow Countrywomen....Pages 128-130
To the Middle Classes of the North of England....Pages 131-134
Constitutional Arming....Pages 135-136
Front Matter....Pages 137-138
Account of Chartist Rally in Manchester to welcome Peter McDouall and John Collins on their Release from Gaol....Pages 139-174
Newcastle Placards, July 1839....Pages 175-176
The General Convention of the Industrious Classes....Pages 177-192
Front Matter....Pages 137-138
Exclusive Dealing....Pages 193-195
The Sacred Month: Two Articles against the Strike....Pages 196-205
Arming....Pages 206-210
Drilling....Pages 211-217
Report of Meeting to pray for Imprisoned Chartists....Pages 218-219
Front Matter....Pages 220-221
Extract from ‘The Chartist Outbreak in Llanidloes’ by Edward Hamer....Pages 222-225
Letter to the Home Secretary from a Newport Magistrate about the Distribution of Arms in the Area....Pages 226-227
‘A Night with the Chartists’ by Barnabas Brough....Pages 228-240
Reports by a Birmingham Police Spy on Meetings of the Local Chartists....Pages 241-248
Front Matter....Pages 249-250
Bath: Report of the Hearing before the Magistrates of the Case against the Bath Chartists Arrested for Sedition....Pages 251-263
Sheffield: Depositions of Two of the Chartists Arrested after the Attempted Rising....Pages 264-279
Bradford: Evidence Relating to the Attempted Rising in Bradford....Pages 280-286
Front Matter....Pages 287-287
Aims and Rules of the National Charter Association....Pages 288-293
Back Matter....Pages 294-307