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Sent to Van Diemen’s Land - Staffordshire Chartists - Gladys Dinnacombe
Sent to Van Diemen’s Land
Staffordshire Chartists
By Gladys Dinnacombe
Copyright © 2017 Gladys Dinnacombe
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No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner Gladys Dinnacombe.
ISBN: 978-1-326-97706-1
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Acknowledgements
The pictures are in the public domain.
The cover picture is ‘Natives on the Ouse River, Van Diemen's Land’ by John Glover (1838) This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason: The author died in 1849, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or less.
Introduction
In 1838 or around that time, the Chartists put forward a charter. This stated that there should be a vote for every man aged 21 and over, of sound mind and not in prison; there should be a secret ballot to permit the electors to cast their vote as they wished; no property qualifications for MPs, to enable any man to be returned regardless of personal wealth; payment of MPs, to allow any MP to serve his community without personal loss and also to prevent corruption of MPs by vested interests; equal electoral constituencies, giving equal representation to equal number of electors; annual parliaments to prevent wealthy candidates having a