“One of the earliest explicitly anarchist manifestos, Anselme Bellegarrigue's 1850 Anarchist Manifesto, which the author self-published in his journal l'Anarchie: Journal de l'Ordre (Anarchy: A Journal of Order), states that authority is the source of all social disorder; therefore, the absence of central authority promotes social harmony. Written during a period of intense political upheaval in France, the manifesto was published in Paris after the establishment of the Second Republic in 1848 but before the 1851 coup that ushered in the Second Empire.

1. The Manifesto in Literature
Edited by Thomas Riggs & Company, Missoula, Montana
St. James Press, 2013
Extracts
“One of the earliestexplicitlyanarchistmanifestos, Anselme Bellegarrigue's 1850 Anarchist Manifesto,
which the author self-published in his journal l'Anarchie: Journal de l'Ordre (Anarchy: A Journal of
Order), states that authority is the source of all social disorder; therefore, the absence of central
authoritypromotessocial harmony.Writtenduringaperiodof intense political upheaval in France, the
manifestowaspublishedinParisafterthe establishmentof the Second Republic in 1848 but before the
1851 coup that ushered in the Second Empire. Chiefly an attack on all forms of government, the
manifestotakesastaunchlyindividualist stance against socialism. As such, it most explicitly addresses
‘socialistandmoderate’readers,whom Bellegarrigue calls ‘deluded bourgeois, ruined gentlemen and
sacrificed proletarians.’ The manifesto is characterized by an intense skepticism of revolution and
reform, and it calls on readers to abstain from participation in government, especially voting in
elections.” (Thomas Riggs & Company, Missoula, Montana).
“Principally authored by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and presented on July 19, 1848, at the first women's
rights convention in Seneca Falls, New York, the Declaration of Sentiments outlines a series of
grievancesinresponse tothe marginalizationof womenandproposeselevenresolutionstohelpwomen
achieve equalityinall aspectsof their lives. The declaration details specific injustices: women's lack of
voting,property,anddivorce rights;theirexclusionfrom public participation in religion and education;
and a woman's forced obedience to a husband who can ‘deprive her of her liberty.’ Stanton also
included an action plan for building a movement, calling on more women to organize similar
conventionsthroughoutthe country.Modeledafterthe Declarationof Independence,the Declarationof
Sentimentsconnectsthe nascent campaign for women's rights with a well-known American symbol of
liberty while underscoring the point that the Declaration of Independence, which was ostensibly all
inclusive, used language that was ambiguous with respect to women.” (Thomas Riggs & Company,
Missoula, Montana).