1. Paul Bogle was a Jamaican Baptist deacon and activist.
18 Facts About Paul Bogle
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Paul Bogle was a leader of the 1865 Morant Bay protesters, who marched for justice and fair treatment for all the people in Jamaica.
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Paul Bogle had become a friend of a wealthy landowner and fellow Baptist George William Gordon, a bi-racial man who served in the Assembly as one of two representatives from St Thomas-in-the-East parish.
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Gordon was instrumental in Paul Bogle being appointed deacon of Stony Gut Baptist Church in 1864.
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The people of Stony Gut lost confidence and trust in the Government, and Paul Bogle's supporters grew in number in the parish.
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Paul Bogle was rescued moments later when Bogle and his men took to the market square and retaliated.
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The police arrived in Stony Gut to arrest Paul Bogle but met with stiff resistance from the residents.
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The troops destroyed Stony Gut and Paul Bogle's chapel, killing more than 400 persons outright across the parish, including women and children.
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Jamaican Maroons from Moore Town eventually captured Paul Bogle and delivered him to the colonial government.
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Paul Bogle was tried under martial law and quickly executed, as were many others.
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Paul Bogle's supporters included John Ruskin, Charles Kingsley, Charles Dickens and Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
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In 1969 Paul Bogle was named a National Hero along with George William Gordon, Marcus Garvey, Sir Alexander Bustamante and Norman Washington Manley.
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Paul Bogle is depicted on the heads side of the Jamaican 10-cent coin.
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Paul Bogle's face was depicted on the Jamaican two-dollar bill, from 1969 until 1989, when the two-dollar bill was phased out.
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Paul Bogle is referred to together with Toussaint L'Ouverture, leader of the Haitian Revolution, in the name of the London-based publishing company Bogle-L'Ouverture.
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Paul Bogle is mentioned in songs by Burning Spear, Brigadier Jerry, The Cimarons, Steel Pulse, Prince Far I, Lauryn Hill, Third World and General Trees.
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Paul Bogle is mentioned in the songs "See them a come" and "Innocent blood" by the reggae band Culture.
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Paul Bogle has dedicated a series of his YouTube blog "Where I'm From" to Paul Bogle and the Morant Bay uprising.