Trial of the Rev. Niel Douglas, Before the High Court of Justiciary...
Dow, John; Douglas, Niel, Defendant (1750-1823). Trial of the Rev. Niel Douglas, Before the High Court of Justiciary, Before the High Court of Justiciary at Edinburgh on the 26th May 1817, for Sedition. Edinburgh, [Scot.]: John Robertson, 1817. 50 pp. Red cloth with gilt stamped spine. Moderate shelfwear with rubbing to spine. Offsetting to endpapers, otherwise internally clean. $150. * Neil Douglas, [a.k.a Britannicus] was a poet and minister of the Relief church. He was a staunch Abolitionist and critic of the British monarchy. In 1817, Douglas was indicted for sedition for "drawing a parallel between George III and Nebuchadnezzar, the prince regent and Belshazzar, and representing the House of Commons as a den of thieves"(Douglas Archives). Douglas was eventually acquitted of all charges.
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