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.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Chartist Land Company canonical 1
National Land Company 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 19th-century British company ⓘ
Chartist organization ⓘ
joint-stock company ⓘ
activity allocating plots to subscribers ⓘ
purchasing estates ⓘ
subdividing land into smallholdings ⓘ
aim to create a class of small independent landholders ⓘ
to enable working-class men to qualify for the property franchise ⓘ
associatedWith Chartist land plan ⓘ
Feargus O’Connor’s land scheme ⓘ
People’s Charter ⓘ
characteristic focus on small rural plots ⓘ
utopian agrarian vision ⓘ
working-class shareholder base ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
faced administrative problems ⓘ
financial problems ⓘ
legal difficulties ⓘ
foundedBy Feargus O’Connor ⓘ
linked to: Feargus O'Connor
hasEffect influenced debates on smallholding and land reform in Britain ⓘ
linked land ownership to political rights in Chartist thought ⓘ
historicalPeriod 19th century ⓘ
historicalSignificance example of 19th-century British land reform experiments ⓘ
important episode in the history of Chartism ⓘ
ideology Chartist ⓘ
linked to: Chartist Land Plan

radicalism ⓘ
industry land colonization ⓘ
legalStatus joint-stock company under British law ⓘ
locatedIn Britain ⓘ
linked to: Great Britain
method lottery allocation of plots ⓘ
movement Chartism ⓘ
notableFor attempting mass working-class land settlement ⓘ
linking land ownership with democratic reform ⓘ
opposedBy critics of Chartism ⓘ
sections of the British political establishment ⓘ
politicalGoal extension of the franchise ⓘ
strengthening support for the People’s Charter ⓘ
purpose to promote political reform through land ownership ⓘ
to promote social reform through land ownership ⓘ
to resettle urban workers on small rural plots ⓘ
socialGoal improvement of working-class living conditions ⓘ
resettlement from towns to countryside ⓘ
targetDemographic British working class ⓘ
urban workers ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Feargus O'Connor → founded → Chartist Land Company ⓘ
Chartist Land Plan → companyName → National Land Company ⓘ
linked to: Chartist Land Company