Book contents
- Conspiracy on Cato Street
- Conspiracy on Cato Street
- Copyright page
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Illustrations and Maps
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Timeline
- A Note on the Text
- Part One The Simple Tale
- Part Two Taking Its Measure
- Part Three Thistlewood: His Story
- Part Four Ordinary Britons
- Chapter 13 Conspirators and Others
- Chapter 14 Wives, Marriages, Children
- Chapter 15 Men of Colour: Wedderburn and Davidson
- Part Five The Executions
- The People Listed
- Historiographical Note
- Trial Reports
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Chapter 13 - Conspirators and Others
from Part Four - Ordinary Britons
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 April 2022
- Conspiracy on Cato Street
- Conspiracy on Cato Street
- Copyright page
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Illustrations and Maps
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Timeline
- A Note on the Text
- Part One The Simple Tale
- Part Two Taking Its Measure
- Part Three Thistlewood: His Story
- Part Four Ordinary Britons
- Chapter 13 Conspirators and Others
- Chapter 14 Wives, Marriages, Children
- Chapter 15 Men of Colour: Wedderburn and Davidson
- Part Five The Executions
- The People Listed
- Historiographical Note
- Trial Reports
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
In and after 1819, particularly after Peterloo, support for radical change among disfranchised Londoners broadened.The conspirators themselves were ‘ordinary Britons’.In no senses part of the ‘mob’, they were craftsmen with families who were losing craft status and income in the worsening post-war economy. Many had the common disabilities of the poor, but Wivell’s extraordinary prison portraits show their common humanity. Most were shoemakers, a craft that was famously literate, thoughtful, and radical.
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- Conspiracy on Cato StreetA Tale of Liberty and Revolution in Regency London, pp. 285 - 304Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022