Trials of British freedom : being some studies in the history of the fight for democratic freedom in Britain / by T. A. Jackson
1945, New and revised edition. London : Lawrence & Wishart. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Panel edges very slightly dust-toned as with age. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 192 pages; Physical description. : 192 p ; 19 cm. Contents: Prologue: On British freedom. --"Wilkes and liberty!"--Thomas Paine and the Rights of man. --The Scottish Jacobins and the British convention of 1793.--The English Jacobins. --Castlereagh and Sidmouth's spies. --Peterloo; and Henry Hunt. --Richard Carlile and his shopmen. --The Tolpuddle martyrs. --Chartism: the first crisis. --Chartism: the second crisis. --Chartism: the third crisis. --The freethinkers: Bradlaugh's battle. --The socialists and the riots of 1886-7.--The communists: the twelve of 1925.--Epilogue: Treason, sedition, blasphemy. Subject: Trials - Great Britain. Chartism. Liberty. Great Britain - Politics and government. Item #195037
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