Edward John Eyre
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Edward John Eyre was an English land explorer of the Australian continent, colonial administrator, Lieutenant-Governor of New Zealand's New Munster province, and Governor of Jamaica. He was at the cen
Edward John Eyre by Henry Hering
Eyre circa 1890
George William Gordon
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George William Gordon was a Jamaican businessman, magistrate and politician, one of two representatives to the Assembly from the parish of Saint Thomas-in-the-East. He was a leading critic of the colo
Edward John Eyre
…As Governor of Jamaica, Eyre passed bills to provide punishment on the treadmill for certain offences, and flogging as the penalty for stealing food. George William Gordon, a mixed-race member of the Assembly of Jamaica, criticised Eyre's draconian measures, warning that "If we are to be governed by such a Governor much…
Gordon, c. 1860
The Morant Bay rebellion, 1865