Ebenezer Radcliffe
1732 – 1809
Nonconformist minister and political writer who championed individual liberty.
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Educated at the Dissenting Academy in Northampton, he became a “Rational Dissenter,” and fought for religious freedom, petitioning Parliament to end laws forcing conformity to the 39 Articles of the Anglican confession. A supporter of the Americans, he aligned with Joseph Priestley, arguing that British tyranny abroad threatened liberty at home.
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