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John Joseph (rebel)
←Created page with ''''John Joseph''' was an American gold miner and a leader of the 1854
Eureka Rebellion at
Ballarat, Australia during the
Victorian gold rush. Joseph, an African-American, was the first of the leaders of the rebellion to be tried for
high treason. The authorities selected Josephn to be tried first on the basis that a jury would have no problem convicting a black man. However Joseph was quickly acquitted and was carried out of the court house...'