Martin James Boon (1840-1888) was a radical trade unionist. In 1869 he participated in the establishment of the
Land and Labour League The Land and Labour League was formed in October 1869 by a group of radical trade unionists affiliated to the International Working Men's Association. Its formation was precipitated by discussion of the land question at the Basle Congress of 1869. ...
of which he was a secretary until it ceased operation in 1873. Despite having penned a pamphlet opposing emigration, he emigrated to
South Africa, and wrote a further pamphlet on railway nationalisation as well as idiosyncratic histories of the
Orange Free State and
South Africa. The latter contained considerable fragments of a personal memoir and includes the only contemporary history of the
Land and Labour League The Land and Labour League was formed in October 1869 by a group of radical trade unionists affiliated to the International Working Men's Association. Its formation was precipitated by discussion of the land question at the Basle Congress of 1869. ...
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Attended the General Council of the
First International in 1871.
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British trade unionists
1840 births
1888 deaths
19th-century British businesspeople
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