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Epochs of Social Change

This series of slides on the British labour movement in the 19th and early 20th century was put together by Henry Sara using images from newspapers, magazines and other publications. Most of the illustrations are of significant figures, although a few significant events (such as the Peterloo massacre and Chartist meetings) are included. Unfortunately Sara's notes for this talk have not survived. We have arranged the slides in roughly chronological order and written captions using information taken from the slides and other sources.

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  • Epochs of Social Change
    Epochs of Social Change
  • Thomas Paine (1737-1809)
    Thomas Paine (1737-1809)
  • William Godwin (1756-1836)
    William Godwin (1756-1836)
  • Mary Wollstoncraft (1759-1797)
    Mary Wollstoncraft (1759-1797)
  • Mary Godwin (1797-1851)
    Mary Godwin (1797-1851)
  • Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822)
    Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822)
  • Engraving of the Peterloo massacre, 1819
    Engraving of the Peterloo massacre, 1819
  • Engraving of the Peterloo massacre, 1819
    Engraving of the Peterloo massacre, 1819
  • Memorial to Henry Hunt (1773-1835)
    Memorial to Henry Hunt (1773-1835)
  • Medal issued on the election of Henry Hunt as MP for Preston in 1830
    Medal issued on the election of Henry Hunt as MP for Preston in 1830
  • Bishop Stanley (1779-1849)
    Bishop Stanley (1779-1849)
  • 'Stanley's plan'
    'Stanley's plan'
  • William Cobbett (1763-1835)
    William Cobbett (1763-1835)
  • William Cobbett (1763-1835)
    William Cobbett (1763-1835)
  • Richard Carlile (1790-1843)
    Richard Carlile (1790-1843)
  • Henry Hetherington (1792-1849)
    Henry Hetherington (1792-1849)
  • James Watson (1799-1874)
    James Watson (1799-1874)
  • Francis Place?
    Francis Place?
  • Francis Place (1771-1854)
    Francis Place (1771-1854)
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  • National Convention
    National Convention
  • Feargus O'Connor (1794-1855)
    Feargus O'Connor (1794-1855)
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  • The Chartist Trials held at Monmouth Assizes, 1839-1840: Zephaniah Williams, John Frost & William Jones accused of High Treason
    The Chartist Trials held at Monmouth Assizes, 1839-1840: Zephaniah Williams, John Frost & William Jones accused of High Treason
  • Richard Cobden (1804-1865)
    Richard Cobden (1804-1865)
  • James Bronterre O'Brien, Irish Chartist (1805–1864)
    James Bronterre O'Brien, Irish Chartist (1805–1864)
  • William Lovett, Chartist (1800-1877)
    William Lovett, Chartist (1800-1877)
  • John Benjamin Smith, Liberal MP and Manchester merchant (1796-1879)
    John Benjamin Smith, Liberal MP and Manchester merchant (1796-1879)
  • William Gladstone, Liberal Prime Minister (1809-1898)
    William Gladstone, Liberal Prime Minister (1809-1898)
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  • International Working Men's Association: 1865 membership card of the trade unionist Robert Applegarth
    International Working Men's Association: 1865 membership card of the trade unionist Robert Applegarth
  • Robert Applegarth (1834-1924)
    Robert Applegarth (1834-1924)
  • William Morris (1834-1896)
    William Morris (1834-1896)
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  • Keir Hardie, first Independent Labour Member of Parliament (1856-1915)
    Keir Hardie, first Independent Labour Member of Parliament (1856-1915)
  • Parliamentary Labour Party, 1906
    Parliamentary Labour Party, 1906
  • Parliamentary Labour Party, 1910
    Parliamentary Labour Party, 1910
  • Parliamentary Labour Party, 1911
    Parliamentary Labour Party, 1911
  • Keir Hardie
    Keir Hardie
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  • Arthur Henderson (1863-1935)
    Arthur Henderson (1863-1935)
  • James Ramsay Macdonald, first Labour Prime Minister (1866-1937)
    James Ramsay Macdonald, first Labour Prime Minister (1866-1937)
  • Philip Snowden (1864-1937)
    Philip Snowden (1864-1937)
  • Arthur Henderson (1863-1935)
    Arthur Henderson (1863-1935)
  • Sidney Webb (1859-1947)
    Sidney Webb (1859-1947)
  • George Lansbury (1859-1940)
    George Lansbury (1859-1940)
  • Parliamentary Labour Party, 1919
    Parliamentary Labour Party, 1919
  • Parliamentary Labour Party, 1923
    Parliamentary Labour Party, 1923
  • The first Labour Cabinet, 1924
    The first Labour Cabinet, 1924
  • Viscount Haldane, Lord Chancellor in the 1924 Labour government
    Viscount Haldane, Lord Chancellor in the 1924 Labour government
  • December 1924
    December 1924
  • Gloucester, 1925
    Gloucester, 1925
  • Labour Party conference at Liverpool, 1925
    Labour Party conference at Liverpool, 1925
  • Ben Tillett speaking at Covent Garden
    Ben Tillett speaking at Covent Garden
  • Trades Union Congress, 1926
    Trades Union Congress, 1926
  • J.H. Thomas, trade unionist and Labour MP (1874-1949)
    J.H. Thomas, trade unionist and Labour MP (1874-1949)
  • [Walter Citrine and Ernest Bevin?]
    [Walter Citrine and Ernest Bevin?]
  • International Labour Office, Geneva
    International Labour Office, Geneva
  • Transport House, London
    Transport House, London
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  • Unity House, London
    Unity House, London
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[Document reference for this set of slides: MSS.15B/5/1/3]