Paul Bogle

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Paul Bogle was a Jamaican Baptist deacon and national hero who led a major 1865 protest against colonial injustice that became known as the Morant Bay Rebellion.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Baptist deacon
Jamaican national hero
human
associatedDate 11 October 1865
associatedEvent Morant Bay Rebellion
associatedWith George William Gordon
cause protest against colonial injustice
protest against economic oppression of freedpeople
protest against racial discrimination in Jamaica
commemoratedBy National Heroes Day in Jamaica
appearance on Jamaican currency
appearance on Jamaican postage stamps
statue in Morant Bay
countryOfCitizenship Jamaica
dateOfEventLed 1865
deathCause hanging
ethnicGroup Afro‑Jamaican
hasCategory Jamaican Baptists
Jamaican national heroes
Jamaican revolutionaries
hasMonument Paul Bogle monument in Kingston
Paul Bogle statue at Morant Bay
hasRole leader of protesters at Morant Bay Courthouse
hasTitle National Hero of Jamaica
honorificTitle Right Excellent
influenced Jamaican nationalist movement
struggles for social justice in Jamaica
led Morant Bay Rebellion
legacy inspiration for later civil rights activism in Jamaica
symbol of resistance to oppression in Jamaica
mannerOfDeath execution
movement anti‑colonial movement in Jamaica
notableFor leadership in the Morant Bay Rebellion
occupation Baptist deacon
activist
opposed British colonial authorities in Jamaica
planter class in Jamaica
partOf Caribbean anti‑colonial resistance
history of Jamaica
placeOfActivity Morant Bay
St. Thomas Parish, Jamaica
placeOfDeath Morant Bay
politicalAlignment anti‑slavery
pro‑black emancipation rights
recognizedAs National Hero of Jamaica in 1969
region Caribbean
religion Baptist Christianity
spokeLanguage English
yearOfDeath 1865


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