Joseph Gerrald, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Convict transported to Australia
Date of Birth: 09-Feb-1763
Place of Birth: Saint Kitts, Saint Kitts and Nevis
Date of Death: 16-Mar-1796
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About Joseph Gerrald
- 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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