La Igualdad (The Equality) was a newspaper published in the Spanish city of Madrid between 1868 and 1874, during the Sexenio Democrático, although it also saw a second period of publication in 1880.

La Igualdad
TypeDaily newspaper
Founder(s)Francisco García Padrós
José Guisasola
Alfredo Vega
Founded11 November 1868 (1868-11-11)
Political alignmentFederal republicanism
LanguageSpanish
Ceased publication30 December 1874 (1874-12-30)
Relaunched16 April 1880 (1880-04-16) — 3 November 1880 (1880-11-03)
CityMadrid
CountrySpain
ISSN2172-3672
OCLC number733195298

History edit

Edited in Madrid, it was printed in its own printing press, under the subtitle "democratic-republican newspaper".[1] Its first number appeared on 11 November 1868, four pages long.[1] Linked to federal republicanism[2] and founded by Francisco García Padrós, José Guisasola and Alfredo Vega,[1] the direction of the newspaper was entrusted to Eduardo Benot, Ramón de Cala, Estanislao Figueras, Francisco García López, Adolfo Joarizti, Carlos Martra, Andrés Mellado, José María Orense and José Paúl y Angulo.[1] Its first period lasted at least until 30 December 1874.[3] Its second period, which began on 16 April 1880, continued at least until 3 November that year, the day until which its file arrived in the Digital Newspaper Library of the National Library of Spain.[4]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d Hartzenbusch 1894, p. 261.
  2. ^ Pérez Roldán 1999, pp. 329–335.
  3. ^ "La igualdad : diario republicano federal". Collective Catalog of the Universities of Catalonia. Consortium of University Services of Catalonia.
  4. ^ "La Igualdad (Madrid. 1868)". Digital Newspaper Library. National Library of Spain. 1868–1880. Retrieved August 16, 2021.

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