The Society of the Friends of the People

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:political_organization
gptkbp:activities public meetings
pamphleteering
political agitation
gptkbp:advocated_for universal suffrage
parliamentary reform
gptkbp:associated_with radical politics
gptkbp:collaborated_with other reform societies
gptkbp:disbanded gptkb:1795
gptkbp:dissolved gptkb:1795
gptkbp:founded 1792
gptkbp:goal gptkb:political_reforms
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:London
gptkbp:held_in gptkb:lectures
meetings
debates
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Society of the Friends of the People
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Chartist_movement
labor movements
social justice movements
modern political activism
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:French_Revolution
gptkbp:inspired_by Enlightenment ideas
gptkbp:is_criticized_for social inequality
government corruption
gptkbp:is_opposed_by gptkb:monarchy
gptkb:nobility
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:legacy influence on later reform movements
gptkbp:location gptkb:Great_Britain
gptkbp:membership varied
gptkbp:notable_event formation of the society
protests against government policies
collaboration with other reform groups
dissolution due to government repression
publication of reform proposals
gptkbp:notable_member gptkb:Thomas_Paine
gptkb:John_Horne_Tooke
gptkbp:notable_publication gptkb:The_Declaration_of_the_Rights_of_Man
gptkb:The_Age_of_Reason
The Rights of Man
gptkbp:published gptkb:reports
pamphlets
gptkbp:related_to gptkb:Society_for_Effecting_the_Abolition_of_the_Slave_Trade
gptkb:London_Corresponding_Society
gptkbp:supported gptkb:freedom_of_assembly
freedom of speech
civil liberties
gptkbp:type reformist society
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Charles_James_Fox,_1st_Baron_Holland
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6