George William Gordon

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George William Gordon was a Jamaican politician, businessman, and critic of colonial rule who became a national hero after being executed for his alleged role in the Morant Bay Rebellion of 1865.

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Generate an image of George William Gordon (George William Gordon was a Jamaican politician, businessman, and critic of colonial rule who became a national hero after being executed for his alleged role in the Morant Bay Rebellion of 1865.)

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George William Gordon canonical 13
George William Gordon (symbolic) 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Jamaican politician ⓘ
businessman ⓘ
human ⓘ
national hero of Jamaica ⓘ
advocatedFor greater political representation for freedpeople ⓘ
land reform in Jamaica ⓘ
rights of poor black Jamaicans ⓘ
arrestedDuring aftermath of the Morant Bay Rebellion ⓘ
associatedWith Paul Bogle ⓘ
businessActivity commercial enterprises in Kingston ⓘ
land and property dealings ⓘ
causeOfDeath judicial execution ⓘ
chargedWith high treason ⓘ
commemoratedBy inclusion on Jamaican currency (banknote) ⓘ
statues and monuments in Jamaica ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Jamaica ⓘ
criticized British colonial administration in Jamaica ⓘ
Governor Edward Eyre's policies ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1820-03-?? ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1865-10-23 ⓘ
ethnicGroup mixed-race Jamaican ⓘ
event Morant Bay Rebellion ⓘ
father Joseph Gordon ⓘ
fatherOccupation Scottish planter ⓘ
featuredIn Jamaican school history curricula ⓘ
historicalPeriod 19th-century Jamaica ⓘ
honor Order of National Hero (posthumous) ⓘ
declared a National Hero of Jamaica ⓘ
knownFor opposition to abuses by local magistrates ⓘ
public speeches against colonial injustices ⓘ
legacy recognized as a martyr for justice in Jamaica ⓘ
symbol of resistance to colonial oppression ⓘ
mannerOfDeath execution by hanging ⓘ
movement post-emancipation rights movement in Jamaica ⓘ
notableFor criticism of British colonial rule in Jamaica ⓘ
role in events surrounding the Morant Bay Rebellion ⓘ
occupation businessman ⓘ
planter ⓘ
politician ⓘ
placeOfBirth Jamaica ⓘ
placeOfDeath Kingston, Jamaica ⓘ
linked to: Kingston
politicalAlignment critic of Governor Edward Eyre ⓘ
positionHeld member of the Jamaican House of Assembly ⓘ
religion Baptist Christianity ⓘ
residence Kingston, Jamaica ⓘ
linked to: Kingston
spouse Lucy Shannon ⓘ
trialBy court-martial ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Morant Bay Rebellion → associatedWith → George William Gordon ⓘ
Morant Bay → associatedWith → George William Gordon ⓘ
Paul Bogle → associatedWith → George William Gordon ⓘ
Morant Bay Courthouse → associatedWith → George William Gordon ⓘ
National Heroes Day (Jamaica) → honors → George William Gordon ⓘ
subject linked to: National Heroes Day in Jamaica
St. Thomas Parish, Jamaica → associatedWith → George William Gordon ⓘ
Eyre controversy in Britain → relatedToPerson → George William Gordon ⓘ
National Heroes Park → burialPlaceOf → George William Gordon (symbolic) ⓘ
linked to: George William Gordon
Joseph Gordon → father → George William Gordon ⓘ
Lucy Shannon → spouse → George William Gordon ⓘ
Gordon House → namedAfter → George William Gordon ⓘ
Order of National Hero (Jamaica) → hasRecipient → George William Gordon ⓘ
George William Gordon family → notableMember → George William Gordon ⓘ
Gordon House, Kingston, Jamaica → namedAfter → George William Gordon ⓘ