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The 1831 Sam Sharpe Rebellion: Jamaica's Christmas Uprising
In December 1831, a 25,000-strong enslaved workforce in Jamaica's western parishes rose up in what became the largest slave rebellion in the British Caribbean. At its heart was Samuel 'Sam' Sharpe, a literate, Baptist deacon who believed the British Parliament had already granted emancipation—and that the planters were withholding it. Sharpe organized a peaceful general strike for better wages, which spiraled into a full-scale revolt after plantation owners responded with force. The rebellion burned over 200 estates, terrified the white minority, and was brutally crushed by…
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