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The Horrors Of Slavery Vividly Records The History, Ideas, And Rhetoric Of Robert Wedderburn, A Scottish-west Indian Slave Offspring, Who Was A Leader In The Movement To Abolish Slavery In The West Indies.--book Jacket. Wedderburn Lived An Extraordinary Life In The Slums Of Georgian And Regency London During The Insurrectionary Ferment Of The French Wars And Reform Agitation, Working Successively As A Sailor, Tailor, Thief, Prophet, Blasphemous Preacher, Revolutionary Conspirator, And Bawdy-house Keeper. His Publications Had An Enormous Effect In His Time, And Now For The First Time Are Collected In Book Form.--book Jacket. Its Unique Documents - Including Abolitionist Autobiography, Prophetic Piety, Pungent Radical Journalism, And Fiery Colloquial Speeches Transcribed By Government Spies And Undercover Policemen - Are Echoes From The Criminal And Political Underworld, Enabling Us To Reconstruct The Culture And Mentality Of A Poor, Unlettered Immigrant Black. They Disclose The Rough, Rich, And Creative Political Expressions Of A Desperate Mulatto Radical Whose Tavern Oratory, Blasphemous Preaching, Burlesque Theatricality And Revolutionary Rhetoric Aimed To Liberate The Enslaved In
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- Author
- Robert Wedderburn
- Publisher
- Princeton, NJ: Markus Wiener Publishers ; Kingston, Jamaica: Ian Randle Publishers
- Published
- 1997
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781558760516
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Social Science, Memoir, Anthropology
- Updated
- 2026-03-25