O le mea lea, e leʻi mafai ona toe foʻi atu i Birmingham, ae mulimuli ane nonofo ai i Lower Clapton, o se itumalo i Hackney, Middlesex lea na ia faia ai se faasologa o lauga i le talafaasolopito ma filosofia faalenatura i le aʻoga o le New College i Hackney. Na fesoasoani uo i le ulugalii e toe fausia o latou olaga, e ala i le foaʻi atu o tupe, tusi, ma meafaigaluega mo suʻesuʻega. Na taumafai Priestley e maua se taui mai le malo mo le faʻaleagaina o ana meatotino i Birmingham, ae e leʻi toe totogiina atoa. Na ia lolomiina foʻi le An Appeal to the Public on the Subject of the Riots in Birmingham (1791), lea na molia ai tagata o Birmingham mo le faʻatagaina o le vevesi ma mo le "le solia o mataupu faavae a le malo o Peretania".
foaʻi atu tupe, tusi, ma meafaigaluega mo suʻesuʻega