Background
Born in Hoxton (an area in the East End of London) on September 26, 1833, Bradlaugh was the son of a solicitor's clerk.
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Born in Hoxton (an area in the East End of London) on September 26, 1833, Bradlaugh was the son of a solicitor's clerk.
He left school at the age of eleven and then worked as an office errand-boy and later as a clerk to a coal merchant. After a brief spell as a Sunday school teacher, he became disturbed by discrepancies between the Thirty-nine Articles of the Anglican Church and the Bible. When he expressed his concerns, the local vicar, John Graham Packer, accused him of atheism and suspended him from teaching.
At 15 he abandoned Christianity for atheism.
From 1850 to 1853 he was a private in the army in Ireland.
In 1866 he organized the National Secular Society, which became the largest of such organizations in Britain.
Through the 18606 he developed a large and devoted following among London workingmen.
Bradlaugh sought election to the House of Commons from Northampton; twice unsuccessful, he finally won in 1880.
There then ensued a long controversy over his right to be seated.
Bradlaugh offered to take this oath or to substitute an affirmation of allegiance for it.
But the House refused him either option.
Over the next five years Bradlaugh was reelected four times but was not allowed to take his seat.
Eight separate legal actions proceeded from the controversy.
The constitutional issues raised were finally resolved by passage of Bradlaugh's Affirmation Bill in 1888.
Bradlaugh was in no sense a true radical.
His atheism and his political convictions were based on 18th-century individualism.
But he was a dedicated and honorable figure.
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He was an active promoter of atheism. His attempt to affirm as an atheist led to his temporary imprisonment.
He was an early supporter of woman's suffrage, birth control, and republicanism.
He was suspicious of socialism and of government intervention even in hours of work.