Paul Bogle

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Paul Bogle (1822 - 1865) was a Baptist Deacon and a Jamaican rebel. Being a Christian, he helped his congregation cope with the poverty and social injustices they experienced by reading and applying lessons from the Bible. During this time, Bogle was one of only 104 men who could vote in his community of St Thomas. He was a leader of the 1865 Morant Bay Rebellion, and was captured in October 24 and executed by the United Kingdom (Jamaica was a British colony at that time). He was later named a National Hero of Jamaica with the title Rt. Excellent Paul Bogle. He is depicted on the heads side of the Jamaican 10-cent coin as such.

[edit] In pop culture

Paul Bogle and his treatment by the British authorities is mentioned in the Bob Marley song "So Much Things To Say" off his 1977 album Exodus.

A narrative in the liner notes of the album 96° In The Shade by Third World suggests that the song "1865 (96° In The Shade)" is about the execution of Paul Bogle. Bogle is the subject of the song "Paul Bogle" by reggae artist Abdel Wright.