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Henry Redhead Yorke, Colonial Radical: Politics and Identity in the Atlantic World, 1772-1813

Henry Redhead Yorke, Colonial Radical: Politics and Identity in the Atlantic World, 1772-1813

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Series: Enlightenment World

Biographies GeneralGeneral World History

ISBN10: 0367661012
ISBN13: 9780367661014
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Sep 30 2020
Pages: 312
Weight: 1.00
Height: 0.68 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

This is a political, cultural and intellectual biography of the neglected but important figure, Henry Redhead Yorke. A West Indian of African/British descent, born into a slave society but educated in Georgian England, he developed a complex identity to which politics was key. The most revolutionary radical in Britain between 1793-5, Yorke then recanted his radicalism and died a loyalist gentleman. This book raises important issues about the impact of outsider politics in England and the complexities of politicization and identity construction in the Atlantic World. It restores a forgotten black writer to his due place in history.

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