Thomas Hardy

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Standard Name: Hardy, Thomas,, 1752 - 1832

Connections

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Friends, Associates Olaudah Equiano
After settling in London in 1777, OE became well acquainted with members of the anti-slavery movement and other reformers, including another Black author, Quobna Ottobah Cugoano , and the reformer Thomas Hardy . He met...
politics Thomas Holcroft
He came to trial along with Thomas Hardy , Daniel Adams , and John Horne Tooke . Some of his co-defendants were acquitted and the case was dropped.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Goodwin, Albert. The Friends of Liberty: The English Democratic Movement in the Age of the French Revolution. Hutchinson.
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politics Mary Tighe
MT was a liberal Whig in political opinions. She celebrated the famous acquittal of Thomas Hardy , John Thelwall , and John Horne Tooke of the charge of high treason in a sonnet Written on...

Timeline

January 1792: A shoemaker named Thomas Hardy founded the...

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January 1792

A shoemaker named Thomas Hardy founded the London Corresponding Society , an association for working men interested in political reform.

12 May 1794: Thomas Hardy, founder and secretary of the...

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12 May 1794

Thomas Hardy , founder and secretary of the LondonCorresponding Society , and Daniel Adams , secretary of the Society for Constitutional Information , were arrested at their homes.

September 1794: Indictments against Thomas Hardy, John Horne...

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September 1794

Indictments against Thomas Hardy , John Horne Tooke , and John Thelwall argued that proposals radically to limit the power of the king should rank as treason.

6 October 1794: A London grand jury found twelve accused...

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6 October 1794

A London grand jury found twelve accused radicals guilty of high treason. Lord Chief Justice Eyre had delivered them the charge.

5 November 1794: Thomas Hardy was acquitted at the Old Bailey...

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5 November 1794

Thomas Hardy was acquitted at the Old Bailey of high treason, after a trial which had opened on 28 October 1794.

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