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Engels was born in Barmen, Germany.
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Engels volunteered for 1 year of military service in Berlin.
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Engels contributes two articles to the German-French yearbooks regarding socialism. These articles were edited by his friend Karl Marx. They explained how the current socio-economic climate was leading to a divide between "millionaires and paupers."
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Engels was opposed to the institution of marriage. Despite this, he remained attached to Mary Burns from 1844 until her death in 1863 maintaining a marriage-like relationship. In modern times, we call this a "common law marriage." On her deathbed, he did legally marry Mary's sister Lizzy in 1878.
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In publishing "The Condition of the Working Class in England," Engels forced Germany to understand they were heading in the same direction as England, hoping to avoid a similar social death of the country.
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Engels and Marx published "The Communist Manifesto," a statement of communisms beliefs and goals. It was mostly a retelling of Marx's 1847 piece, "Principles of Communism."
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Engels published the sequel to Marx's initial "Das Kapital" following his friends death in 1883.
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The third entry in the series. Engels stuck to Marx's notes and letters for their publication.
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Frederick died of cancer in London, England.
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Engels, Friedrich. The Condition of the Working Class in England from Personal Observation and Authentic Sources. London Lawrence & Wishart Moscow Progress Publishers, 1845. Marx, Karl, and Friedrich Engels. Communist Manifesto. J E Burghard, 1848. Marx, Karl. Das Kapital: A Critique of Political Economy. Eagle, 1996.
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Museum Industriekultur Wuppertal. (2020, March 30). Friedrich Engels - The Condition of the Working Class in England [Video]. YouTube. Retrieved April 10, 2023, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mn_DLt5VGi4 Museum Industriekultur Wuppertal. (2020b, March 30). Friedrich Engels - The life motto of a revolutionary: Take it easy! [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwRK_H9OwIY