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Presentation of the Petition
- When
- April 1848
- Where
- Parliament of the United Kingdom
A new Chartist petition with six million signatures was presented to Parliament in April 1848, following the mass meeting.
In April 1848, a new Chartist petition was presented to Parliament with six million signatures. O'Connor accepted a declaration by the police that the Chartists could not march en masse with their petition from the mass meeting on Kennington Common.
Sources
- Feargus O'Connor Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-05
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