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The Condition of the Working Class in England · Character

Thomas Duncombe

A radical MP, supporter of the Chartists.

minor

Also known as Duncombe

First appearance: labour movements

Thomas Duncombe shows up with force in The Mining Proletariat. The page is where that presence becomes real.

The only Chartist MP, brought the miners' condition before Parliament and forced bourgeois journals to report it.
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  • Escalation
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  • Aftermath
  • Closing

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