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Sam Sharpe Square Sam Sharpe Memorial, Montego Bay. 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.
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]
Sam Sharpe Memorial, Montego Bay. The Baptist War, also known as the Sam Sharpe Rebellion, 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 Jamaica. The uprising was led by a black Baptist deacon, Samuel Sharpe and waged largely by his followers. [citation needed]
Sam Sharpe Square is located in the centre of town. It displays a life-sized sculpture of Sam Sharpe and his men during the Christmas rebellion in 1831. The Creek Dome, or ‘the Dome’ is located at the corner of Creek Street and Dome Street in downtown Montego Bay.
Angelique Sharpe — whose brother Samuel Sharpe Jr. died on June 16 during the second day of the convention — spoke at a meeting of the city’s Fire and Police Commission, the oversight body ...
Angelique Sharpe, sister of Samuel Sharpe Jr., holds her brother’s Bible as she speaks to the press after a protest at Red Arrow Park on July 18 in Milwaukee. At the FPC meeting, ...
The Maroons of Moore Town, under the leadership of Charles Town superintendent Alexander Fyfe (Fyffe), helped to put down the Christmas Rebellion of 1831–2, also known as the Baptist War, led by Samuel Sharpe. [23] In 1865, poor free blacks, led by Paul Bogle, rose in revolt against the colonial authorities in the Morant Bay Rebellion. The ...
It had been 10 months since Samuel Sharpe Jr. spent every night in a warm bed with a roof over his head. The choice was deliberate. Sharpe, 43, wanted to live among Milwaukee's unhoused population ...