Henry Redhead Yorke, Colonial Radical

Download or read book Henry Redhead Yorke, Colonial Radical written by Amanda Goodrich and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-02-07 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.