Thomas Skidmore
Skidmore, Thomas
Died 1832. Figure in the American labor movement in the 1820’s.
Skidmore helped found the New York Workingmen’s Party in 1829 and conceived its platform. He advanced a Utopian platform for the peaceful transformation of capitalist society through the equal redistribution of land. He also attacked black slavery and defended equal rights for women. After a split in the Workingmen’s Party, Skidmore headed the Agrarian Workingmen’s Party, which existed until 1831.