Sixty-Five Scraps

Literature

George William Gordon’s approach to injustice

George William Gordon was a rich business man and land-owner. He owned several properties in different parishes and was very weathy. However, unlike most of the rich people in his day, he was a fighter for the poor. George William Gordon arranged the Underhill Meetings where the letter by Dr. Underhill was read out to the people. This letter was to the secretary of state and spoke about the poor living conditions for the lower class people. George William Gordon believed in fighting with letters to the Queen and with petitions, the exact opposite of Bogle’s approach.

Paul Bogle’s approach to the injustice

Paul Bogle was a Deacon in the Baptist church. He was a favorite among the people. Paul Bogle like George William Gordon was very must against the injustice. However, he went about it in a whole different manner. As we quote from the text “George William Gordon fought with letters to the Queen while Paul Bogle fought with muskets”. Paul Bogle raised a congregation who followed him to Spanish Town to talk to Governor Eyre

George William Gordon as a victim of the injustice (he tried to fix)

George William strongy disliked both Governor Eyre and the Custos. He was persistent in trying to fix injustices of the poor by meetings, petitions, but was accused by Governor Eyre of being a “” and plotting rebellions against him which was entirey untrue but nevertheless, George Willliam Gordon was conned out of being

Grandpa’s Approach against Bogle

Grandpa was very against Bogle and his ways. He said that ‘he would walk 10 miles with G.W.G …but he wouldn’t walk 10 metres with Paul Bogle. Along with this Bogle was a Baptist while Grandpa was a strong beleiver in the Church of England (Anglican). Grandpa believed that Bogle should fight with more petitions instead of violence and was going about it all the wrong way. During the story, numerous times, Grandpa gave Bogle a lot of advice. First, at the beginning of the story Grandpa meets Paul Bogle with a musket and asks him if this is the answer to the injustice


Injustice in Sixty-Five
1. Governor John Eyre would not listen to the people’s problems and take action to solve them.
2. The poor wages that the farmers received in turn for their services to the rich plantation owners
3. The rich planters hogged the crown lands so that the people did not get any to buy and plant to provide for themselves.
4. Rich planters were allowed to run their cattle through the lower class peoples gardens.
5. Innocent people would be jailed and gaoled for crimes that they didn’t commit.
6. The people were unfairly tried as the jury were made up mostly of the rich planters who were very bias.
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Deception in Sixty-Five
1. The Queen’s representatives in Jamaica didn’t send the petitions to England (to the Queen) and instead discarding them.
2. The Hayfield Maroons did not stay on Bogle’s side as Grandpa predicted and instead betrayed them and went to the stronger side (that of the English)
3. When Grandpa went to Bogle’s Sermon on the mount with a musket behind his back
4. The Maroons used hiding in the forests and comunicating with nature signals as a way of hiding themselves from the Redcoats. (also ambushing)
5. When Paul Bogle’s men snuck Charlie out of the jail and hid him from the court
6. When Grandpa pretended that he was an old man with his grandson instead of people from stony gut.
7. When they took Grodaon from his home saying that someone wanted to see him when really they wanted to lock him up.