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    The History of the Last Trial by Jury for Atheism in England: A Fragment of Autobiography Submitted for the Perusal of Her Majesty's Attorney-General and the British Clergy
    The History of the Last Trial by Jury for Atheism in England: A Fragment of Autobiography Submitted for the Perusal of Her Majesty's Attorney-General and the British Clergy
    The History of the Last Trial by Jury for Atheism in England: A Fragment of Autobiography Submitted for the Perusal of Her Majesty's Attorney-General and the British Clergy
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    The History of the Last Trial by Jury for Atheism in England: A Fragment of Autobiography Submitted for the Perusal of Her Majesty's Attorney-General and the British Clergy

    By George Jacob Holyoake

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    The author of this fragment of an autobiography was the last person in Britain to be imprisoned on a charge of atheism. He campaigned for a secular society for much of his adult life and became Vice-president of the National Secular Society. This volume is his personal account of his jury trial for atheism.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGood Press
    Release dateNov 21, 2019
    ISBN4057664651792
    The History of the Last Trial by Jury for Atheism in England: A Fragment of Autobiography Submitted for the Perusal of Her Majesty's Attorney-General and the British Clergy

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