
What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: The Chartists From this riverside on 3rd February 1840, John Frost, William Jones, and Zephaniah Williams, the convicted leaders of the chartist march on Newport, sailed to begin their transportation to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) Recorded plaque organisation: Chepstow Society.
John Frost, William Jones, and Zephaniah Williams were leading figures in the Chartist movement; they are remembered for their role in organizing the Newport Rising of 1839, a significant event in the struggle for workers' rights and political reform in Britain.
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