Eyre controversy in Britain

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The Eyre controversy in Britain was a fierce 19th-century political and moral debate over whether colonial governor Edward John Eyre should be condemned or praised for his brutal suppression of the 1865 Morant Bay Rebellion in Jamaica.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
political controversy ⓘ
public debate ⓘ
characterizedBy fierce public controversy ⓘ
polarized opinion ⓘ
concerns declaration of martial law in Jamaica ⓘ
execution of rebels in Jamaica ⓘ
flogging and corporal punishment in Jamaica ⓘ
mass arrests in Jamaica ⓘ
hasAspect legal debate ⓘ
moral debate ⓘ
political debate ⓘ
hasCause actions of Governor Edward John Eyre in Jamaica ⓘ
suppression of the Morant Bay Rebellion ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance debate over limits of imperial power ⓘ
formation of organized human-rights style advocacy in Britain ⓘ
hasLocation Britain ⓘ
linked to: Great Britain

United Kingdom ⓘ
hasMainSubject Edward John Eyre ⓘ
Morant Bay Rebellion ⓘ
hasOpponents Jamaica Committee ⓘ
hasOutcome increased scrutiny of colonial administration ⓘ
no criminal conviction of Edward John Eyre ⓘ
hasPoliticalDimension conservatism ⓘ
imperialism ⓘ
liberalism ⓘ
hasRelatedPlace Jamaica ⓘ
Morant Bay ⓘ
hasSupporters Eyre Defence Committee ⓘ
hasTemporalContext 19th century ⓘ
hasTopic colonial governance ⓘ
human rights ⓘ
imperial policy ⓘ
responsibility of colonial officials ⓘ
rule of law ⓘ
use of martial law ⓘ
involvesEvaluationOf Edward John Eyre ⓘ
involvesPerson Charles Darwin ⓘ
Charles Kingsley ⓘ
Frederick Harrison ⓘ
linked to: Frederic Harrison

Herbert Spencer ⓘ
James Fitzjames Stephen ⓘ
John Bright ⓘ
John Stuart Mill ⓘ
Thomas Carlyle ⓘ
Thomas Henry Huxley ⓘ
involvesQuestion whether Edward John Eyre should be condemned ⓘ
whether Edward John Eyre should be praised ⓘ
relatedToEvent Morant Bay Rebellion ⓘ
relatedToPerson George William Gordon ⓘ
startTime 1865 ⓘ

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Edward John Eyre → subjectOf → Eyre controversy in Britain ⓘ
subject linked to: Governor Edward John Eyre