This talk looks at the covert and overt strategies used by workers in Britain in the first half of the nineteenth century. Trade unionism had emerged against a backdrop of mob violence in the 1750s, and the period in question saw the rise of a popular movement for political representation alongside more covert means of workers' association and workplace control.

We showcase important materials from three major donations to the archive: those of George Barnsby, social historian of Birmingham and the Black Country; Albert Knight, early twentieth-century railwayman, trade unionist, and organiser for the Labour College; and Malcolm Chase, social historian of the Chartist movement.

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