Abolitionism and Radicalism. The Trial of Henry Yorke, for a...

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Abolitionism and Radicalism. The Trial of Henry Yorke, for a conspiracy, & c. Before the Hon. Mr. Justice Rooke, at the Assizes, held for the County of York, on Saturday, July 10, 1795. Published by the Defendant, from Mr. Ramsay's Short-hand Notes. York: Sold by E. and R. Peck, et al, n.d. [1795], lacking half-title, collating: [vi], [ix]-xxiv, [9]-56, 65-192pp, contemporary calf over marbled boards, split but holding, vellum tips, 8vo

Provenance: 1) Francis Darwin; 19th c ink MS ownership inscription to title-page; 2) June Langley Moore; 20th c pictorial bookplate designed by William Evelyn Chappell, 1926.

Henry Redhead Yorke (1772-1813), previously known as Henry Redhead, was an English writer and radical publicist. He was the son of a freed slave from Barbuda and an Antiguan plantation owner but raised in Little Eaton, Derbyshire. In 1794 he addressed a gathering in Sheffield promoting radical ideas and abolitionism, and was arrested and tried for conspiracy, sedition and libel, being sentenced to two years' imprisonment.