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Prisoner for Blasphemy

Prisoner for Blasphemy

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Number of Chapters: 18

Length: 06 hours and 54 minutes

Language: English

George William Foote, a British secularist, was convicted and imprisoned on the charge of blasphemy after founding "The Freethinker", a magazine that, despite the best efforts of the 19th Century British judicial system, is still going strong. "Prisoner for Blasphemy" is a memoir of his several trials and final imprisonment in Holloway Gaol. Although Foote's was the last prominent blasphemy case in England, his hope that the blasphemy law would soon be abolished was not to be realised until almost a century after his death, in 2008. (Summary by RobBoard)

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Preface (Rob Marland)
I. The Storm Brewing (Rob Marland)
II. Our First Summons (Rob Marland)
III. Mr. Bradlaugh Included (Rob Marland)
IV. Our Indictment (Rob Marland)
V. Another Prosecution (Rob Marland)
VI. Preparing for Trial (Rob Marland)
VII. At the Old Bailey (Rob Marland)
VIII. Newgate (Rob Marland)
IX. The Second Trial (Rob Marland)
X. "Black Maria" (Rob Marland)
XI. Holloway Gaol (Rob Marland)
XII. Prison Life (Rob Marland)
XIII. Parson Plaford (Rob Marland)
XIV. The Third Trial (Rob Marland)
XV. Loss and Gain (Rob Marland)
XVI. A Long Night (Rob Marland)
XVII. Daylight (Rob Marland)
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