b. 13 November 1756. d. 22 November 1814. Nationality: English.
Working-class poet, apprentice, sailor, abolitionist. Born in Liverpool. Apprenticed
on a slave-ship at the age of eleven which made him an abolitionist. Became blind
in 1773, although his sight returned following an operation in 1807. Married Isabelle
Raine in 1784. Biographical information: *ODNB*. (AC, CC)