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Samuel Sharpe and the Baptist War

c. 1780/1801 – 1832

Jamaica

An enslaved Baptist deacon, Sharpe organised a strike that became the 1831–32 Christmas Rebellion (Baptist War) in western Jamaica; he was hanged on 23 May 1832 and is a National Hero.

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1900 stereograph of the market place in Montego Bay, Jamaica, the town where Samuel Sharpe was hanged in 1832
Credit: Keystone View Co., Library of Congress. License: Public domain (no known restrictions on publication).

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Sources

  1. The Gazette (UK official public record), "This month in history: Samuel Sharpe and the Christmas Rebellion" (Primary source)
  2. National Library of Jamaica, "Sam Sharpe" (Labour Day 2010) (Primary source)
  3. Jamaica Information Service, "Order of National Hero" (Primary source)

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