This book recovers the stories of two remarkable Victorian working men. Thomas Cooper and Arthur O'Neill were both imprisoned for seditious offences in 1843. Th

Examines the Chartist Movement in Britain during the early 1800's. Looks at issues such as the "six points" of Chartism, the Whig Rule, the New Poor Law, and th

"Chartism was a Victorian era working class movement for political reform in Britain between 1838 and 1848. It takes its name from the People's Charter of 1838.

Annotation A succinct history of the Chartist movement, the first fully national struggle of working people to improve their conditions of work.