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WILLIAM CUFFAY The Life & Times of a Chartist LeaderProduct no.: HP156Martin Hoyles William Cuffay was one of the leaders of Chartism in Britain which was a working-class protest movement for political reform that erupted from 1838 to 1857. His grandfather was an African slave and his father was a West Indian slave, from St Kitts, who managed to gain his freedom and settle in Kent.
Martin Hoyles taught in Newham secondary schools and at the University of East London. He has written books on gardening, childhood and literacy. His books include The Axe Laid to the Root: The Story of Robert Wedderburn and Ira Aldridge: Celebrated 19th Century Actor. With his wife Asher, Martin wrote Remember Me: Achievements of Mixed Race People, Past and Present, Moving Voices: Black Performance Poetry, Dyslexia from a Cultural Perspective and Caribbean Publishing in Britain. Currently unavailable
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