Memorial to Richard Price of Llangeinwyr

Image: © Alan Hughes Taken: 17 Jun 2025

“ He was a radical – and he was Welsh. The English establishment made sure he was forgotten.” [Vic Mills] Why was he so unpopular with the English? Perhaps this story explains: “ In 1773 he wrote a public letter to the American people supporting their cause for Self Government. In it he declared that that they should not submit to ‘taxation without representation’ and that “He would rather throw English tea into the sea than pay an unjust tax upon it to an unjust government”. As a direct result of this letter Americans in Boston boarded three ships: the Eleanor, the Beaver, and the Dartmouth, and threw 45 tons of tea into the harbour!.This action prompted the British government to blockade Boston harbour and start what was to be known as the American Revolution.” [Garw Valley Heritage Society]

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