What was Chartism? | History Extra

What was Chartism? | History Extra

Illustration from the Chartist demonstration on Kennington Common  in 1848. (The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images) 

... By far the most impressive, however, was the movement’s final petition, of 1848, which boasted almost 6 million signatures, although many of these were later found to be fake or duplicated. The presentation of the last petition followed a huge public meeting of perhaps 25,000 people, held at Kennington Common in South London on 10 April. ...

^{An early photograph of the huge numbers in Kennington Common in 1848. (William Edward Kilburn/Royal Collection)}