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The Voice of Radicalism
Database Entries - The Reform to 1850
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Address to the Working Classes by the Aberdeen Working... |
This Chartist pamphlet urges the working classes to unite to demand the vote for all, secret voting and annual parliaments. Chartists believed that education was the best way to fight poverty and to promote an improvement in conditions for the working classes. The proposed Working Men's Association planned... |
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The People's Charter, being the outline of an Act to... |
This excerpt from The People's Charter describes how the proposed Act, which would allow all men aged 21 and over to vote, would work. The Balloting Place and the Ballot Box are described in detail, as are the duties of the registration and returning officers. |
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Arming of the Chartists in the North of Scotland |
This article describes two, peaceable Chartist meetings in Aberdeen. At the second of these, it was decided to order a gun and bayonet for each of the five hundred plus members of the 'National Guard' of Chartists. |
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The Rise and Fall of the Hadden Family |
A brief biography of the Hadden Family dynasty. Lord Provost James Hadden was the Tory candidate for Aberdeen in the 1832 election. He withdrew, and Alexander Bannerman was elected. |
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Radical Rhymes |
The Chartist, John Mitchell, published and sold his own work. Each of these three poems has a strongly Chartist sentiment. |
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A Collection of Original Music |
Not only was James Daniel a writer and printer, he was also a composer and a Tory. This collection of music is based on Aberdeen and its social life. Daniel dedicated one of the pieces to Sir Michael Bruce, who stood as a candidate for Aberdeenshire in the 1832 elections. |
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Notes on the members of Parliament for the Burgh of... |
These excerpts provide brief biographies of Aberdeen Members of Parliament between 1820 and 1886. |
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The Aberdeen Shaver |
The Shaver considers its view of the history of Reform in Aberdeen. It mentions some of the working class leaders, such as John Cant (a tanner), John Warden (schoolmaster) and John Davidson (writer and printer). |
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The Last Speech of the Town's Officers |
Song referring to Burgh Reform. It relates to the unelected, pre-1833 Aberdeen town council and corruption. |
