radicals
London Radicals
09/22/2011 10:21
I’ve been looking over a lot of information I’ve accumulated over the last couple of years, about British radical Charles Bradlaugh. When CB was thrown out of his house onto the streets of East London at age 16, for admitting he was an atheist, he found shelter for a while with the Eliza Sharples Carlile, the widow of radical freethinker Richard Carlile, and her three children.
The Carliles are really an
interesting family, when you think about it. I’ll probably have more to say about them later -- in the meantime, here are a couple of portraits from the Bradlaugh papers. The first is Richard Carlile, the second is his daughter Hypatia.
Yes, CB kept a portrait of Hypatia, and it survived his death 50 years after he was in love with her on Warner Street in East London. So yeah, maybe there’s more to that story than his daughter (whom he named Hypatia and who wrote a 2-volume biography of CB) wanted to tell…
Yes, CB kept a portrait of Hypatia, and it survived his death 50 years after he was in love with her on Warner Street in East London. So yeah, maybe there’s more to that story than his daughter (whom he named Hypatia and who wrote a 2-volume biography of CB) wanted to tell…
the Motley Crew
03/09/2010 22:07
Peter Linebaugh and Marcus Rediker
The Many-Headed Hydra: Sailors, Slaves, Commoners, and the Hidden History of the Revolutionary Atlantic
2000
This book rocks! I’ve been spending a lot of time researching my own stuff, and I was beginning to feel bad about letting the field reading slide a little. Especially the radical stuff. I half-reluctantly grabbed this from the bottom of the pile on my shelf, thinking I’d give it a day and jump-start this reading.
A day and a half later, I’m thinking I need to break my rule and buy this book. And I think I need to borrow some of these characters -- many of whom I've never heard of before! -- for fiction in the future. Click the title for my notes on the book.
The Many-Headed Hydra: Sailors, Slaves, Commoners, and the Hidden History of the Revolutionary Atlantic
2000
This book rocks! I’ve been spending a lot of time researching my own stuff, and I was beginning to feel bad about letting the field reading slide a little. Especially the radical stuff. I half-reluctantly grabbed this from the bottom of the pile on my shelf, thinking I’d give it a day and jump-start this reading.
A day and a half later, I’m thinking I need to break my rule and buy this book. And I think I need to borrow some of these characters -- many of whom I've never heard of before! -- for fiction in the future. Click the title for my notes on the book.
