Joseph Gerrald (9 February 1763 – 16 March 1796) was a political reformer, one of the "Scottish Martyrs". He worked with the London Corresponding Society and the Society for Constitutional Information and also wrote an influential letter, A Convention the Only Means of Saving Us from Ruin. He was arrested for his radical views and convicted of sedition in 1794. Subsequently, he was deported to Sydney, where he died from tuberculosis in 1796.
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9 February 1763 St. Kitts, West Indies
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Died |
16 March 1796 (aged 33) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Zodiac | Aquarius |
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