Report on Jamaica Insurrection Abuses and Eyre Period
The commission details mass flogging by courts martial across Jamaica during martial law, estimating at least 600 punished and noting barbarous acts and house burnings. They fault Governor Eyre for harsh measures while commending some actions, urging reform and new governance to prevent recurrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Antonio
Monklands
Morant Bay
Bath
Hole
Cullen
Gray
Morris
Marshel Rameau
Gordon
Paul Bogle
Stony Gut
Bogle
G. W. Gordon
Jamaica
St. Thomas-in-the-East
Eyre
Cardwell
Hyre
Her
Amaica
Fenian Raid Into Canada Ends With Damaging Standoff
Fenians led by President Roberts crossed the Niagara River at Fort Erie with about 1500 men, advancing toward Port Colborne. General ONeill, famed for Tennessee notoriety, commanded and repelled the Canadian volunteers in a brief action. Fenian losses included a color, with many wounded. ONeill then faced a shortage of ammunition and supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roberts
Niagara River
Fort Erie
O'Neill
Tennessee
Port Colborne
Canaliano
Fenian Invasion Crisis Impacts U S Canada Border
Fenians led by ONeill attempt crossing St Lawrence frontier as Canadian and American forces tense. The Michigan frigate captures hundreds at crossing. Johnson issues proclamation and Meade empowered to act. Fenian activity spreads to St Albans Watertown and Buffalo with arrests, arms seizures, and large mobilizations along the border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O'Neill
Union
Roberts
O’neill
New York
Grant
Meade
Buffalo
Federal District Attorney
St. Lawrence
St. Albans
Vermont
Watertown
Potsdam
Chicago
Detroit
Erie
Montreal
Canada
Stephens
Washington
Johnson
United States
Sweeny
St. Albana
Senate
Richville
The Princess Olive and the Ryves Case
The Ryves v. the Attorney General case ends in a verdict for the defendant and the documents are impounded. The story traces to Olive Wilmot in early 1800s London who, in pecuniary distress, corresponded with the Prince of Wales and others in a pattern of eccentric letters, delusions, and shifting tales leading to a final asserted narrative after 1816 which the Attorney General argues is inconsistent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ryves
the Times
London
Serres
Olive Wilmot
Robert Wilmot
Dr. Wilmot
Trinity College
Oxford
Prince of Wales
Julius Cesar
Duke of York
Lord Warwick
Also Mentioned on This Page
H. K. Storn
Russet, Gurney
Dell J. Rotary
Charles 8. Roundell
King’s House
Spanish Town
Princess Olive
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