Following the Peterloo Massacre , William Davidson became involved in radical politics again . In October 1819 Richard Carlile was found guilty of blasphemy and seditious libel , and sentenced to three years imprisonment . Davidson said that this had caused him to lose his belief in God . He joined the Marylebone Union Reading Society , a club that offered a reading room of radical newspapers such as '' The Republican '' and the '' Manchester Observer '' for a subscription of twopence a week . He also read the works of Tom Paine
Peterloo Massacre
Peterloo Massacre
William Davidson (conspirator)