William Cuffay News Today

Of 162,000 convicts sent to Australia, roughly 3600 were political prisoners - and they banded together to bring resistance to the colonies.

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Historian says Chartist embodies fight for democracy and Britain’s slavery history

Black History Month is an event which involves the entire month of October. It focuses on black people who have made huge positive contributions and…

I am here this day to support the National Petition and the People’s Charter because it demands universal suffrage, because it gives them (the people) a vote in the choice of representatives. Is it too much for those who produce all the food, all the clothing, all the luxuries of life, who fig

A short history on the influence of William Cuffay, a black tailor, and Irish Catholic workers in the Chartist movement and how the British ruling class used racism to divide an increasingly multi-ethnic working class.

A short history of the attempted armed uprising of Chartists at Seven Dials in London, which was foiled by police.

An excerpt from Peter Fryer's Staying Power: The History of Black People in Britain on William Cuffay, black tailor and leader of the London Chartists. Reprinted with footnotes by Past Tense in 2005.

Black history month and its relevance today