Samuel Sharpe
Jamaican slave-rebellion leader (1801–1832) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Sam Sharp" redirects here. For The Loud House character, see List of The Loud House characters § Royal Woods High School.
For other people named Samuel Sharpe, see Samuel Sharpe (disambiguation).
Samuel Sharpe, or Sharp (1801 – 23 May 1832),[1] also known as Sam Sharpe,[2] was an enslaved Jamaican who was the leader of the widespread 1831–32 Baptist War slave rebellion (also known as the Christmas Rebellion) in Jamaica.
He was proclaimed a National Hero of Jamaica in 1975 and his image is on the $500 Jamaican banknote.[3]