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Thomas Spence black plaque

Commemorative plaque

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This black commemorative plaque records: Broad Garth. Thomas Spence 1750-1814. Born Quayside, Newcastle. Utopian writer and land reformer. Courageous pioneering campaigner for the rights of men and women. Founded a schoolroom and debating society in Broad Garth. "Dare to be Free" Recorded plaque organisation: City of Newcastle upon Tyne.

From the Open Plaques record 11948

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