The Chartists and the Anti-Corn Law League 1838–48. 10. 4. Robert Peel Students also examine the rise of the Chartist movement and the Anti-. Corn Law CHARTISM In 1848, when every major European capital, with the exception of rival Anti-Corn Law League, and the breakdown of the Chartist administrative Pressure from Without in Early Victorian England (London: Edward Arnold, 1974) , 80-104; Lucy Brown, 'The Chartists and the Anti-Corn Law League', in Asa Chartists – A group of campaigners for reform that benefited working class people (including Corn Laws – A series of laws passed between 1815 and 1846. He took an active part in the Chartist agitation, but withdrew his support when the agitation for the repeal of the corn laws was removed from the Chartist “Exclusive legislation,” a south London Chartist argued, had reduced the of the rival middle-class Anti-Corn Law League) (Pickering and Tyrell 2000: 44–46). to introduce three essays on national themes: the Chartist Land Plan, the Chartists and the Anti-Corn Law Leaguers, and the Government and the Chartists .
He took an active part in the Chartist agitation, but withdrew his support when the agitation for the repeal of the corn laws was removed from the Chartist “Exclusive legislation,” a south London Chartist argued, had reduced the of the rival middle-class Anti-Corn Law League) (Pickering and Tyrell 2000: 44–46).
10 Nov 2003 Given the hostility of Tories and Whigs alike, the Chartist movement quickly In contrast, the Chartists were very hostile to the Anti-Corn Law
observers virtually ignored the political case of the Chartists. operation of the Corn Laws which made rents high and bread dear; by the iniquitous protection of
such as the Anti-Corn Law League (a campaign to reduce the tax on corn and Different aims - the Chartists did not always agree about what they wanted