# The Chartists — The Condition of the Working Class in England character guide

> The Chartists in The Condition of the Working Class in England by Friedrich Engels.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Chartists, The Chartists

**First appearance:** 0011-labour-movements

## Snapshot

Petitioners and marchers who turned hunger into a demand for the vote, forcing England to admit its workers had a voice.

## Who they are

They are the organized face of working-class discontent, the men and women whose six-point charter transforms scattered misery into a national movement. Their strength lies in numbers and moral urgency, but they fracture over whether to petition or strike, and their leaders are watched, jailed, and dismissed as demagogues. Engels treats them as proof that the proletariat is not merely suffering but thinking, and their rise marks the moment his survey turns from diagnosis to prophecy.

## In the story

### [The Condition of the Working Class in England](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_condition_of_the_working_class_in_england_se/chapters/the-condition-of-the-working-class-in-england)

The Chartists are mentioned as a significant part of the working-class movement, representing a political response to the conditions described.

### [Labour Movements](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_condition_of_the_working_class_in_england_se/chapters/labour-movements)

The Chartist movement is referenced in the context of the 1842 universal turnout for the Charter.

### [The Mining Proletariat](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_condition_of_the_working_class_in_england_se/chapters/the-mining-proletariat)

Miners in civilized districts joined the Chartists, and the strike made at least two-thirds of the northern miners Chartists.

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