Chartist Land Company
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The Chartist Land Company was a 19th-century British organization created to resettle urban workers on small rural plots as part of the Chartist movement’s effort to promote political and social reform through land ownership.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
19th-century British company
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Chartist organization ⓘ joint-stock company ⓘ |
| activity |
allocating plots to subscribers
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purchasing estates ⓘ subdividing land into smallholdings ⓘ |
| aim |
to create a class of small independent landholders
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to enable working-class men to qualify for the property franchise ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Chartist land plan
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Feargus O’Connor’s land scheme ⓘ People’s Charter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characteristic |
focus on small rural plots
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utopian agrarian vision ⓘ working-class shareholder base ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| faced |
administrative problems
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financial problems ⓘ legal difficulties ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Feargus O’Connor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
influenced debates on smallholding and land reform in Britain
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linked land ownership to political rights in Chartist thought ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
example of 19th-century British land reform experiments
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important episode in the history of Chartism ⓘ |
| ideology |
Chartist
NERFINISHED
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radicalism ⓘ |
| industry | land colonization ⓘ |
| legalStatus | joint-stock company under British law ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| method | lottery allocation of plots ⓘ |
| movement | Chartism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
attempting mass working-class land settlement
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linking land ownership with democratic reform ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
critics of Chartism
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sections of the British political establishment ⓘ |
| politicalGoal |
extension of the franchise
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strengthening support for the People’s Charter ⓘ |
| purpose |
to promote political reform through land ownership
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to promote social reform through land ownership ⓘ to resettle urban workers on small rural plots ⓘ |
| socialGoal |
improvement of working-class living conditions
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resettlement from towns to countryside ⓘ |
| targetDemographic |
British working class
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urban workers ⓘ |
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