Robert Wedderburn: British Insurrectionary, Jamaican Abolitionist

This biography of Robert Wedderburn, a charismatic and radical political thinker of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, explores his life as a former enslaved man who became a fiery advocate for abolition, domestic reform, and workers’ rights in Britain. Drawing on newly discovered sources, scholar Ryan Hanley examines Wedderburn’s influential ideas, the impact of enslaved women on his activism, and his significant role in Black radical political thought during the Revolutionary Atlantic era.