Martin James Boon (1840-1888) was a radical trade unionist. [1] In 1869 he participated in the establishment of the Land and Labour League of which he was a secretary until it ceased operation in 1873. Despite having penned a pamphlet opposing emigration, [2] he emigrated to South Africa, and wrote a further pamphlet on railway nationalisation as well as idiosyncratic histories of the Orange Free State [3] and South Africa. [4] The latter contained considerable fragments of a personal memoir and includes the only contemporary history of the Land and Labour League. [5]
Attended the General Council of the First International in 1871. [6]
Martin James Boon (1840-1888) was a radical trade unionist. [1] In 1869 he participated in the establishment of the Land and Labour League of which he was a secretary until it ceased operation in 1873. Despite having penned a pamphlet opposing emigration, [2] he emigrated to South Africa, and wrote a further pamphlet on railway nationalisation as well as idiosyncratic histories of the Orange Free State [3] and South Africa. [4] The latter contained considerable fragments of a personal memoir and includes the only contemporary history of the Land and Labour League. [5]
Attended the General Council of the First International in 1871. [6]