George William Gordon: The Former Slave Turned Jamaican Politician Executed for Being a Critic of British Colonial Rule in 1865

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George William Gordon is remembered today as one of Jamaica’s national heroes, but in his own lifetime he was viewed by the colonial authorities as a dangerous critic of British rule. His arrest and execution in 1865, during the Morant Bay Rebellion, became one of the most controversial episodes in the history of British colonial […]
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