April 2018 – Kennington Chartist Project

Chartist Membership Card

25th May 201817th April 2018

Image of a membership card that includes symbols of a cap of liberty; a bee hive, a bushel of corn, decoration denoting different parts of the country, and an Irish shamrock and Scottish thistle.

Kennington Park – The Birthplace of People’s Democracy

24th July 201820th April 2018

Extract from Old and New London 1878

25th May 201820th April 2018

The People’s Charter

4th June 201819th April 2018

An image of The People’s Charter, a document outlining the six key demands of the Chartists, with diagrams for proposed designs for ‘the balloting place’ and ‘the balloting box

Return of the Common Spirit

4th June 201817th April 2018

Great Meeting on Kennington Common

4th June 20185th April 2018

Full page scans of the Northern Star Newspaper pages 7 & 8, with a lengthy and detailed account of proceedings on Kennington Common on 10th April.