Evans, George Henry

Evans, George Henry
(25 mar. 1805, Bromyard, Herefordshire, Inglaterra– 2 feb. 1856, Granville, N.J., EE.UU.).

Director de diario y reformador social estadounidense nacido en Inglaterra. Inmigró a EE.UU. en 1820 y en 1829 fundó el Working Man's Advocate, el primer periódico laboral de importancia en EE.UU., y cofundó el Workingmen's Party (Partido de los trabajadores). Organizó la Asociación nacional de reforma para presionar al congreso y lograr la entrega de fincas en el Oeste, argumentando que la disponibilidad de tierras gratuitas atraería a los trabajadores sin empleo en el este y mantendría los salarios altos para quienes se quedaran (ver Homestead Movement). Su labor condujo a la aprobación de la ley de fincas en 1862. También luchó por la abolición de la esclavitud y abogó por la igualdad de derechos para la mujer.

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