Cambridge University Press Cambridge Studies in Romanticism - Robert Wedderburn Book

Explore the political thought of Robert Wedderburn in this scholarly work from Cambridge University Press. This book examines Wedderburn, a Black Romantic-era writer whose life and ideas connected the Caribbean and London. Influenced by his enslaved mother and grandmother in Jamaica, Wedderburn became a central figure in ultraradical circles and faced prosecution for blasphemous libel. This study bridges scholarship in Black studies, Romanticism, and environmental humanities. It details Wedderburn's vision for abolition from below, which aimed to build a transatlantic alliance between English agrarian radicals and enslaved people in the Caribbean. It provides a deep look into his efforts to reshape political thought through the lens of Black geographies.