Baptist War
1831 failed slave rebellion in British-ruled Jamaica / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Baptist War, also known as the Sam Sharp Rebellion, the Christmas Rebellion, the Christmas Uprising and the Great Jamaican Slave Revolt of 1831–32, was an eleven-day rebellion that started on 25 December 1831 and involved up to 60,000 of the 300,000 slaves in the Colony of Jamaica.[1] The uprising was led by a black Baptist deacon, Samuel Sharpe, and waged largely by his followers. The revolt, though militarily unsuccessful, played a major part in the abolition of slavery throughout the British Empire.
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Part of North American slave revolts | |||||||
Destruction of the Roehampton Estate, January 1832, during the Baptist War, by Adolphe Duperly | |||||||
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Colony of Jamaica | Slave rebels | ||||||
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Willoughby Cotton | Samuel Sharpe | ||||||
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None[citation needed] | ~500 people dead |
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