View Article  Who Do You Think You Are?

The current issue of the BBC's Who Do You Think You Are? family history magazine has two excellent articles on Chartism and the Chartists.

The first, by Dr Malcolm Chase, reader in labour history at the University of Leeds and author of, among many other things, Chartism: A New History...   more »

View Article  Chartist riots in Trafalgar Square

Today sees the 160th anniversary of the first serious disturbances in Britain associated with the Chartist resurgence of 1848.

There is a page on Chartist Ancestors dealing with the Trafalgar Square riots, which escalated into three days of disturbances, with windows broken throughout the City and along Regent ...   more »

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