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The Charists' meeting held at Kennington Common on 10th April 1848. Reports stated; 'The long-expected "monster meeting" of the Chartists on Kennington Common, and their procession with a petition to the Legislature in favour of "the People's Charter", took place on Monday last....The demonstration was in every respect a failure, when measured by the standard of the vauntings and grandiloquent sayings of the delegates at the Convention during the preceeding week. As the speeches of those gentlemen had led the public to anticipate some serious disturbances of the peace of the metropolis'. An estimated 23-25,000 people from across Britain and Ireland attended, led by a horse-drawn carriage carrying five bales of petition. Speeches demanded the Government recognise the rights of the working classes and universal sufferage for all.Engraving and report published in the Illustrated London News, April 15th, 1848.

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Image type:	Engraving
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Ref:	11038
Identifier:	SP2462
Date:	1848