ABSTRACT
The REPUBLICAN, a London weekly, began in 1817 under that title, continued (for five volumes) in 1817–1819 as Sherwin’s Political Register, and ended with fourteen volumes (1819–1826) under its original title, edited and published by Richard Carlile (1790–1843) – most daring, more consistent, and probably the most arrogant of the freethinking, radical journalists of his era. Carlile (and his wife and employees) spent years in prison for challenging the laws restricting freedom of the press in England. Others might flee or circumvent or evade those laws; only he had the courage to challenge their validity again and again at the risk of his freedom.
