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FOR LINK TO CONNECTION TO BROADER THEMES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY

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Samuel Sharpe on the $50 Jamaican note

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Map of Destroyed Estates

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British Abolitionism being a growing movement +

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British Abolitionism being a growing movement +

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The planters, in an effort to make sure the slaves would not revolt again, held public executions.

They also burned the chapels.

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"I would rather die upon Yonder Gallows than to live in Slavery"
(May 23rd, 1832)

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Planters were actively opposed to abolitionism, writing articles which angered slaves.

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There was a period of economic stress at the time which exacerbated political stress.

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Because they had better gun power and were trained soldiers, the military ultimately quashed the revolt.

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Colonel of the Black Regiment

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Depiction of the Roehamton estate being burned

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In Jamaica, there were more slaves than there were white people

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The Act for the Abolition of Slavery (1833)

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The Act for the Abolition of Slavery (1833)

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626 tried, 312 executed

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Because of reports of conspiratorial behavior from slaves, the people in charge of plantations were wary of revolt.

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In anticipation of a rebellion, the plantation owners had prepared three militias.

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LINK TO PADLET CONNECTING POINTS TO BROADER THEMES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY

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RED: REVOLT
YELLOW: SLAVES/SLAVERY
BLUE: BRITIAIN
GREEN: RELIGION
PURPLE: ABOLITIONISM

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What was originally intended to be a passive protest by Samuel Sharp turned into a slave revolt with around 30 thousand slaves taking part after the planters denied their demands for a wage and for better working conditions.

Estates were burned down, livestock were killed, and properties were destroyed.

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A preacher and field commander who is known as a national hero and is on Jamaican bank notes.
Born in 1801. Birthplace might be disputed. Could read.

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"An Appeal to the Religion, Justice, and Humanity of the Inhabitants of the British Empire, in behalf of the Negro slaves of the West Indies"

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"An Appeal to the Religion, Justice, and Humanity of the Inhabitants of the British Empire, in behalf of the Negro slaves of the West Indies"

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This was an appeal written by Wilberforce in an attempt to argue for emancipation,

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Some slaves in leadership positions had the ability to travel from estate to estate, spreading news and information, including ideas of rebellion.

Henry Oliver was an example of such a person.

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Corberand, Henry Oliver, and a Blood Oath

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Corberand, Henry Oliver, and a Blood Oath

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In early 1834, Corberand testified to how a group of slaves had organized a plot of rebellion. He was a slave who managed to escape punishment by saying what the court wanted.

Nevertheless, his claims that Henry Oliver and a group of slaves had taken a blood oath were reinforced by testimony from the overseer.

This is an example of how slaves were planning for revolt.

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Someone who argued for emancipation to the British Parliament. Part of his argument was that slavery was anti-Christian.

He was influential among the slave population, with numerous songs being written about how he was going to free them.

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The Black Regiment was one of the most notable slave militias.

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This was the first estate to be burned. It was set fire to on December 27th, 1831, two days after Christmas.

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Slaves would meet in churches to discuss politics. This evolved into discussions of rebellion.

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The revolt was blamed on the proselytizing done by the Baptist missons, leading to the imprisonment of five of them.
Also, many of the slaves were baptists.

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These rumors were disproved by Lord Belmore, angering expectant slave populations.

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While slaves were not allowed to be Christian by other groups of  proselytizers, that changed when the Baptist missions came over.

The religion they practiced was a mix of Christian beliefs like equality and brother hood and mylanistic beliefs like a dislike of evil.

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When Baptist missions like Henry Bleby arrived in Jamaica, they spread their religion among the slaves in hopes of reducing the chance of revolt.

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Slavery in Jamaica was harsh. Slaves would work 12-hour days and were punished using 10-foot-long whips. At every lash of the whip, blood could be seen spurting from the slave's back.

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Samuel Sharp spread the interpretation that, under Christianity, white people had no more right to enslave black people than black people did to enslave white people.

He was known for being a powerful and influential speaker.

He came up with the idea to stop working around the time when the sugar canes would need to be cut as a form of protest.

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"Speech of Rev. Henry Bleby, missionary from Barbados, on the results of emancipation in the British West Indies colonies"

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"Speech of Rev. Henry Bleby, missionary from Barbados, on the results of emancipation in the British West Indies colonies"

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A speech delivered by Bleby at the Celebration of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society in 1859, a wing of one of the major activist groups involved in North American abolitionism in which he speaks on the success of the emancipation in Jamaica and on the realities of slavery.