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The London Working Men's Association was an organisation established in
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in 1836.Minute Book of the London Working Men’s Association.
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2011. Retrieved 19 July 2011. It was one of the foundations of Chartism, advocating for
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, equally-populated electoral districts, the abolition of property qualifications for MPs, annual Parliaments, the payment of MPs, and the establishment of secret ballot voting. The founders were
William Lovett William Lovett (8 May 1800 – 8 August 1877) was a British activist and leader of the Chartist political movement. He was one of the leading London-based artisan radicals of his generation. A proponent of the idea that political rights could ...
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Francis Place Francis Place (3 November 1771 in London – 1 January 1854 in London) was an English social reformer. Early life He was an illegitimate son of Simon Place and Mary Gray. His father was originally a journeyman baker. He then became a Marshalse ...
and
Henry Hetherington Henry Hetherington (June 1792 – 24 August 1849) was an English printer, bookseller, publisher and newspaper proprietor who campaigned for social justice, a free press, universal suffrage and religious freethought. Together with his close asso ...
. They appealed to skilled workers rather than the mass of unskilled factory labourers. They were associated with
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socialism and the movement for general
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Image of the Minute Book of the LWMA for 18 October 1836 at the British Library.

''The Address of the London Working Men's Association to the People of Canada''
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The Six Points and the London Working Men's Association
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Chartist AncestorsFeargus O'Connor & The Chartists – UK Parliament Living Heritage
Chartism Labour in the United Kingdom Labor history 19th century in London Political organisations based in London History of socialism Socialist parties in England 1836 establishments in England Working class in England 1836 in London Owenism {{UK-hist-stub