John Mitchel

John Mitchel (3 November 1815 - 20 March 1875) was an Irish nationalist activist and political journalist, and also became a public voice for the pro-slavery viewpoint in the United States in the 1850s and 1860s before ending up elected to the British House of Commons, only to be disqualified because he was a convicted felon. His Jail Journal is one of Irish nationalism's most famous texts.

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3 November - 1815 - 20 March - 1875 - Irish - Nationalist - Slavery - United States - 1850s - 1860s - British House of Commons

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Mitchel was born in Camnish, County Derry in 1815, the son of John Mitchel, a radical Presbyterian minister with strong Unitarian sympathies, and his wife Mary Haslet. Mitchel was educated in Newry and Trinity College, Dublin. After a period as a bank clerk he began working as a solicitor in Banbridge in County Down in 1840. In 1845 he abandoned law to join the staff of the nationalist newspaper The Nation.

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County Derry - Presbyterian - Unitarian - Newry - Trinity College, Dublin - Solicitor - Banbridge - County Down - 1840 - 1845 - The Nation

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