Royal Commission of Inquiry into the rebellion

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British investigative body public inquiry royal commission

The Royal Commission of Inquiry into the rebellion was a British investigative body established to examine the causes, conduct, and aftermath of the Morant Bay Rebellion in Jamaica and to assess the actions of colonial authorities.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Governor Edward Eyre controversy	1
Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Jamaica Rebellion	1

Statements (31)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British investigative body ⓘ public inquiry ⓘ royal commission ⓘ
appliesToEvent	Morant Bay Rebellion ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
establishedBy	UK government ⓘ surface form: British government
focus	causes of social and economic discontent in Jamaica ⓘ legality of emergency measures used in Jamaica ⓘ proportionality of reprisals after the Morant Bay Rebellion ⓘ
hasOutcome	criticized aspects of colonial authorities’ response to the rebellion ⓘ influenced debates on colonial policy in the British Empire ⓘ produced a formal report on the Morant Bay Rebellion ⓘ
hasPurpose	to assess the actions of colonial authorities in Jamaica ⓘ to examine the aftermath of the Morant Bay Rebellion ⓘ to examine the causes of the Morant Bay Rebellion ⓘ to examine the conduct of the Morant Bay Rebellion ⓘ
inquiryInto	conduct of Governor Edward Eyre ⓘ conduct of Jamaican colonial military and police forces ⓘ treatment of Black Jamaicans during and after the Morant Bay Rebellion ⓘ
jurisdiction	British Empire ⓘ
location	Jamaica ⓘ
partOf	British colonial legal and administrative history ⓘ
relatedTo	British colonial policy in the Caribbean ⓘ Royal Commission of Inquiry into the rebellion self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Governor Edward Eyre controversy Morant Bay Rebellion ⓘ
significance	contributed to public controversy in Britain over colonial governance ⓘ key episode in the history of British inquiries into colonial violence ⓘ
topic	civil unrest in Jamaica ⓘ colonial administration in Jamaica ⓘ human rights abuses in colonial governance ⓘ use of martial law in colonies ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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Morant Bay Rebellion → consequence → Royal Commission of Inquiry into the rebellion ⓘ

Royal Commission of Inquiry into the rebellion → relatedTo → Royal Commission of Inquiry into the rebellion self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Governor Edward Eyre controversy

Governor Edward John Eyre → subjectOf → Royal Commission of Inquiry into the rebellion ⓘ

subject surface form: Edward John Eyre

this entity surface form: Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Jamaica Rebellion