Biographical Poetry posted October 11, 2014 |
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Historical Ballad
Ballad of Joseph Firth
by kiwisteveh
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We Want To Know What Happened! contest entry
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This is really only the first half of Joseph's story. Luckily for him and for me, the second part ends much more happily - he is my wife's great-great-great grandfather (that's right, three greats) I owe my knowledge of the story all to her genealogical research. If I ever get round to writing the rest of his story, I will connect the two halves together.
I have tried to make this more of a traditional ballad, although the contest conditions allow for a great deal of freedom in style.
The West Riding Rebellion of April 1820 is a little-remembered incident amongst the social upheaval in Britain at the start of the 19th Century. The facts are as I have stated them here, although I have 'imagined' some of the detail.
One of the more curious facts is that the Judge sentenced the men to death, although it was pre-arranged that he would commute the death sentence to transportation.
Van Diemen's Land was the name used at the time for Tasmania. The rebels were sent to the penal colony in Hobart.
The artwork shows York Castle where the rebels were tried in September 1820
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and 2 member cents. I have tried to make this more of a traditional ballad, although the contest conditions allow for a great deal of freedom in style.
The West Riding Rebellion of April 1820 is a little-remembered incident amongst the social upheaval in Britain at the start of the 19th Century. The facts are as I have stated them here, although I have 'imagined' some of the detail.
One of the more curious facts is that the Judge sentenced the men to death, although it was pre-arranged that he would commute the death sentence to transportation.
Van Diemen's Land was the name used at the time for Tasmania. The rebels were sent to the penal colony in Hobart.
The artwork shows York Castle where the rebels were tried in September 1820
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