b. 13 November 1756. d. 22 November 1814. Nationality: English. VIAF.
Working-class poet, 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)