The Newport Rising of 1839 A Newport Declamation: These are the women and men of Newport, The charged and imprisoned; We shall remember them. Saint Leonard of Noblac, Patron saint of prisoners, Hear our roll call: James Aust, Thomas Ball, John Batten, Richard Benfield, Thomas Bolton, Solomon Briton, John Britton, Charles Bucknell, Joseph Coales, John … Continue reading “A Newport Declamation”