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4 - Combative Pens

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 May 2023

Tracy C. Davis
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Northwestern University, Illinois
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Across Frederick Chessons career, the emergence of cheap newspapers, the prevalence of postal networks, and development of a global telegraphic system revolutionised how information was distributed. As Secretary for the Aborigines Protection Society for over three decades, Chesson was a nodal point for communication about human trafficking, effects of imperial conflicts on Indigenous peoples, the brutal retaliation for the Morant Bay Rebellion in Jamaica, and other outrages. Long before Lemkin coined the term genocide, Chessons journalism and activism described and decried such atrocities on several continents. Liberal activists work represents multiscalar thinking about abuses, to which Chesson contributed a repertoire demonstrating his innovative tactical and organisational forms championing racial justice.

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Liberal Lives and Activist Repertoires
Political Performance and Victorian Social Reform
, pp. 232 - 286
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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  • Combative Pens
  • Tracy C. Davis, Northwestern University, Illinois
  • Book: Liberal Lives and Activist Repertoires
  • Online publication: 19 May 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009297554.005
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  • Combative Pens
  • Tracy C. Davis, Northwestern University, Illinois
  • Book: Liberal Lives and Activist Repertoires
  • Online publication: 19 May 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009297554.005
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  • Combative Pens
  • Tracy C. Davis, Northwestern University, Illinois
  • Book: Liberal Lives and Activist Repertoires
  • Online publication: 19 May 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009297554.005
Available formats
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