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Haiti's first President realised that for his country to be free, slavery would have to be abolished everywhere For a long time the Haitian Revolution was completely forgotten. The work of radical hi … read more

Born on Christmas Eve, he was one of the most bizarre radicals of the 19th century The radical past contains a range of characters. Mixed in with the legions of principled and disciplined activist … read more

The 'Age of Revolutions' touched many countries - including the so-called 'Austrian Netherlands' In 1789 the French Revolution began. But it wasn’t alone... Next door, in what’s now Belgium, … read more

Born today in 1770, Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Baronet of Bramcote, was a radical you might not have expected. The decades either side of 1800 – the so-called 'Age of Revolutions' – were a time o … read more