Richard Madden (1798-1886) Irishman and British colonial administrator, crusader against slavery and biographer of the United Irishmen, subverted his postings to Jamaica, Cuba, West Africa and Western Australia to champion the civil rights of oppressed peoples. He played a key role in securing the captives' release in the infamous 1839 case of the slave-ship Amistad. A thorn in the side of various colonial elites on three continents, Madden witnessed the horror of the Irish Famine and the oppression of the Australian Aborigines. Living by his wits, socially and politically, he supported the...

"Ni chreidfeadh duine ar bith i mblianta deiridh an naou cead deag go raibh suil ghear ghrinn ar imeachtai an domhain seo ag neacha ar mho a n intleacht na intleacht an duine, ach da ainneoin sin, a bhi chomh basmhar linn fein... Ach, thar dhuibheagan an spais, bhi ag breathnu anuas orainn go santach creatuir a raibh an oiread difriochta idir a meabhair agus ar meabhairne agus ata idir meabhair an duine agus meabhair an ainmhi, creatuir a raibh intleacht abhalmhor fhuar chrua acu, agus bhi siad ag beartu seifteanna go mall lenar mbascadh." Foilsiodh "Cogadh na Reann" den chead uair in 1898...