Our Chartist Heritage

Our Chartist Heritage Y Siartwyr: Ein Treftadaeth

Inspiring today’s citizens with a passion for justice and truth which roused yesterday’s Chartist and Suffragette reformers. Our Chartist Heritage

A Chartist Timeline WORKING PEOPLE BECAME CHARTISTS BECAUSE OF:- Poverty Wages which forced them to send their children out to work, Poor

1821 Letter from John Frost to Sir Charles Morgan, Bart., also to Rowley Lascelles, William Phillips, and Charles Morgan and

Children’s Employment Commission (Mines) 1842 Thomas Tooke, T. Southwood Smith, Leonard Horner, Robert J Sanders. The follow conclusions in regard

Henry Vincent Henry Vincent, was one of the leaders of the Chartists in South Wales and the West of England.

Children Working in Mines National Museum of Wales “…I was frightened for someone had stolen my bread and cheese. I

Elizabeth Pease Elizabeth Pease, the daughter of Joseph Pease and Elizabeth Beaumont, was born in 1807. In her early twenties, Elizabeth Pease

Examples of artwork inspired by the passion of the 1839 South Wales Chartists. If you have any art work you

Newport: City of Democracy The tragic events in Newport on 4th November 1839 were arguably the most memorable and symbolic

Many Chartists were arrested and put on trial. John Frost, Zephaniah Williams and William Jones were taken to Shirehall Monmouth