William MacQueen explained

Billy MacQueen
Birth Name:William MacQueen
Birth Date:14 January 1875
Birth Place:Fitzrovia, London, England
Death Place:Hunstlet, Leeds, England
Movement:Anarchism

William MacQueen (14 January 1875 – 9 November 1908) was a British anarchist, trade unionist, newspaper editor and public speaker.

Biography

MacQueen was born on 14 January 1875 in London, England. His father, Robert MacQueen, was a painter. William MacQueen began working as a painter, later working as a commercial traveller.[1]

In 1895 MacQueen married Nellie Barton in 1895, the sister of his friend and fellow anarchist Alf Barton.[2] [3] [4]

From 1898 to 1899 he edited the Leeds-based monthly anarchist paper The Free Commune. MacQueen was a fluent German speaker and in 1901 translated the book Communist Anarchism by Johann Most.

MacQueen emigrated to New York City, began working as a proofreader, and from 1902 to 1903 edited the anarchist paper Liberty.[5] [6] He was an agitator and public speaker during the 1902 Paterson silk strike, where he was arrested alongside Rudolf Grossmann and Luigi Galleani for inciting a riot.[7] MacQueen fled on bail to the United Kingdom, but later returned to face trial, was sentenced to five years and fined $1500.[8] While in prison he was interviewed by H. G. Wells. MacQueen was released after three years on the condition that he leave the United States and didn't return.[9]

MacQueen contracted tuberculosis in prison and died in Leeds on the 9 November 1908 aged 33. He was survived by his wife and children.[10]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Heath . Nick . https://archive.org/details/slowburningfusel0000quai/page/378 . Slow Burning Fuse: The Lost History of the British Anarchists . Quail . John . . . 2019 . 978-1-62963-633-7 . London . 378–379 . en . Billy MacQueen.
  2. Web site: Index entry . 23 June 2022 . FreeBMD . ONS . 11 October 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221011185402/https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=BGoaVIjUvwKNyieJlkD%2BZA&scan=1 . live .
  3. Web site: Pateman . Barry . 10 April 2012 . Free Commune and Billy MacQueen . 23 June 2022 . . 6 July 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220706180313/https://www.katesharpleylibrary.net/ngf357 . live .
  4. Web site: Index entry . 23 June 2022 . FreeBMD . ONS . 23 June 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220623135428/https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=5DIKpEZBFUoGpAb7V8UJBA&scan=1 . live .
  5. Book: Wells, H. G. . The Future in America: A Search After Realities . . . 1906 . New York and London . 169–184 . en . H. G. Wells.
  6. Book: Emma Goldman: A Documentary History of the American Years . . . 2003 . 978-0-520-08670-8 . Berkeley . 533 . en.
  7. Book: Goyens, Tom . Beer and Revolution: the German Anarchist Movement in New York City, 1880-1914 . 2007 . . 978-0-252-03175-5 . Urbana . 192 . 77011509.
  8. Book: Senta, Antonio . Luigi Galleani: The Most Dangerous Anarchist in America . . . 2019 . 978-1-84935-349-6 . 112 . en.
  9. Book: Avrich, Paul . Anarchist Voices: An Oral History of Anarchism in America . 2005 . . . 978-1-904859-27-7 . 283, 328, 514 . en . Paul Avrich.
  10. News: December 1908 . William MacQeeen . 85 . . 23 June 2022 . 9 October 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221009165643/http://freedomnews.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Freedom-1908-12.pdf . live .

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