city held a civic ceremony to formally rededicate the statue. The Lord Mayor of Birmingham unveiled an interpretation board giving details of Sturge's life. On the same day, a blue plaque (historic marker) was unveiled at the site of his home in Wheeleys Road, Edgbaston. Notes References Further reading Richard, Henry (1864), Memoirs of Joseph Sturge, London: Partridge Temperley, Howard (1972), British Anti-Slavery 1733–1870, London: Longman Pickering, Paul, and Alex Tyrrell (2004), Contested Sites: commemoration, memorial & popular politics, pub:Ashgate Tyrrell, Richard (1987), Joseph Sturge and the Moral Radical Party in Victorian Britain, London: Helm Hobhouse, Stephen, Joseph Sturge (London, 1919). External links The Joseph Sturge Monument – A photo essay on the history of his statue in Birmingham. https://www.thepeoplescharter.co.uk 1793 births 1859 deaths Chartists English pacifists Quaker abolitionists Councillors in Birmingham, West Midlands English abolitionists English Quakers Grade II listed buildings in the West Midlands (county) People from Birmingham, West Midlands 19th-century English businesspeople