Augustus Hardin Beaumont
Augustus Hardin Beaumont | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 1798 |
| Died | 1838 (aged 39–40) |
Augustus Hardin Beaumont (1798 – 1838) was an American-born abolitionist, journalist, and radical politician in Jamaica and England.
Life
Born in New York, Beaumont was raised alongside his two brothers by his slaveholder uncle in Jamaica following the early deaths of his parents. Though brought up to become a plantation manager, a distaste for slavery led Beaumont to pursue a career in journalism and politics in Jamaica. He was elected to the Common Council of Kingston in 1827 and as a member of the House of Assembly of Jamaica in 1829.[1] During a stay in Europe in 1830, he and his brother participated in the Belgian Revolution before returning to Jamaica. Following the failure of his newspaper, The Isonomist in 1834, Beaumont left Jamaica permanently for England, during which time his views became increasingly radically pro-working class and anti-slavery.[2] In 1837, he founded the Northern Liberator, which was purchased by his friend and mayor of Morpeth, Robert Blakey following Beaumont's early death in 1838.[3][4]
References
- ↑ Weisser, Henry (1975). British Working-class Movements and Europe, 1815-48. Manchester University Press. p. 87-88. ISBN 0874717213.
- ↑ Nineteenth-Century Literature in Transition: The 1830s. Cambridge University Press. 2024. p. 62-83. ISBN 9781009268486.
- ↑ Haywood, Ian (2004). The Revolution in Popular Literature: Print, Politics and the People, 1790-1860. Cambridge University Press. p. 284. ISBN 0521835461.
- ↑ Brake, Laurel; Demoor, Marysa (2009). Dictionary of Nineteenth-century Journalism in Great Britain and Ireland. Academia Press. p. 458. ISBN 9038213409.