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A terracotta statue of Charles Bradlaugh on a plinth, with white marble tablets. Bradlaugh was a political activist and atheist, founding the National Secular Society in 1866. He was also a politician and stood as MP for Northampton from 1880 to 1881.

Title

Charles Bradlaugh (1833–1891)

Date

1894

Medium

terracotta

Accession number

NN1_RS_S027

Work type

Monument

Owner

Northampton Borough Council

Custodian

Northampton Borough Council

Work status

extant

Listing status

Grade II (England and Wales)

Listing date

09/12/68

Access

at all times

Inscription description

side one plaque: "THOROUGH" CHARLES BRADLAUGH / BORN SEPT. 26 1833 / DIED JANY, 30, 1891 / M.P. FOR NORTHAMPTON 1880-1891 / FOUR TIMES ELECTED TO ONE / PARLIAMENT IN VINDICATIOS OF / THE TIGHTS OF CONSTITUENCIES / INDIA, TOO CHOSE HIM HER / REPRESENTATIVE / A SINCERE FRIEND OF THE PEOPLE / HIS LIFE DEVOTED TO / PROGRESS, LIBERTY AND JUSTICE; side two plaque: BRADLAUGH FOR NORTHAMPTON / ELECTORS OF NORTHAMPTON, WORK! / THE DAY WILL SOON BE HERE / WHEN YOU WILL HAVE TO GIVE YOUR VOTES / AND GIVE THEM WITHOUT FEAR / FOR FREEDOM'S BATTLE NE'ER WAS WON / BY COWARDS IN THE PAST. / NOR CAN IT BE SUSTAINED / BY MEN WHO FEAR THE BLAST. / THEN TOIL MEN TOIL IN FREEDOM'S CAUSE / REST NOT CONTENT WITH VAIN APPLAUSE / HUMANITY NEEDS BETTER LAWS- / TO WIN THESE WE'LL SEND BRADLAUGH!; side three: 'TIS NOT TO TREAD YOUR CHURCHES DOWN / NOR CHAPLES BUILT BY MEN / NOR MINDER EARNEST WORSHIPPERS / ON MOUNTAIN OR IN GLEN / BUT TO GIVE FREEDOM TO EACH THOUGHT THAT SWELLS THE BRAIN OF MAN / RELIGIOUS LIBERTY FOR ALL / NO STATE CHURCH IN OUR PLAN. / TOS NOT TO ROB RICH LORDS OF LANDS / OPPRESS AS THEY WOULD YOU, / NOR PROPERT MAKE INSECURE, / TO FEED A LAWLESS FEW, / BUT TO MAKE WAY FOR THOSE TO RISE, / WHO HARD YET HUMBLY TOIL. / AND GIVE TO ALL DOME INTEREST / IN NATURE'S GIFT, THE SOIL; side four plaque: SOME COWARDS CRY OUT "HERESY!" / BEWARE! MY FELLOW MEN - / THATS CRY'S BEEN RAISED , SO HISTORY SAYS / GAINST BRITAINS NOBLEST MEN. / SAY IS HE MANLY IS HE TRUE / SAY IS HE FOR JUSTICE STRONG? / AND WILL HE LABOUR GOOD TO DO? THEN ECHO IN YOUR SONG- / WE'LL TOIL I FREEDOM'S CAUSE / NOR REST CONTENT WITH VAIN APPLAUSE / BUT FIGHT DETERMINED FOR JUST LAWS / AND MAKE OUR MEMBER BRADLAUGH!

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