Henry Redhead Yorke Colonial Radical

<p>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.</p>