During the risings of 1848, he participated in the uprising in the Grand Duchy of Baden led by Friedrich Hecker, and had to flee, wounded.

Expelled from France, he went to Brussels, and then in 1852 found refuge in England, where he interested himself in democratic movements, and cultivated his literary as well as his political proclivities by contributing to magazines, and otherwise.

This is demonstrated in the following letter written by Garibaldi to Blind on 10 April 1865:[5] The progress of humanity seems to have come to a halt, and you with your superior intelligence will know why.

We need the kind of leadership which, in the true tradition of medieval chivalry, would devote itself to redressing wrongs, supporting the weak, sacrificing momentary gains and material advantage for the much finer and more satisfying achievement of relieving the suffering of our fellow men.

It would rally to its cause all those who are suffering wrong or who aspire to a better life, and all those who are now enduring foreign oppression.This role of world leadership, left vacant as things are today, might well be occupied by the German nation.

You Germans, with your grave and philosophic character, might well be the ones who could win the confidence of others and guarantee the future stability of the international community.

Blind published a great number of political essays and brief articles on history, mythology, and German literature.