Baptist War

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The Baptist War was a major 1831–1832 slave rebellion in Jamaica, led largely by Baptist preacher Samuel Sharpe, that hastened the abolition of slavery in the British Empire.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf anti-slavery revolt ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
slave rebellion ⓘ
uprising ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Christmas Rebellion ⓘ
Christmas Uprising ⓘ
Great Jamaican Slave Revolt ⓘ
hasCause demand for wages and freedom ⓘ
harsh plantation conditions ⓘ
influence of abolitionist ideas ⓘ
slavery in Jamaica ⓘ
hasCenter Montego Bay ⓘ
hasColonialContext British Empire ⓘ
hasCountry United Kingdom ⓘ
hasEndDate 1832-01 ⓘ
hasEstimatedArmedRebels around 20,000 enslaved people ⓘ
hasEstimatedDeaths hundreds of enslaved people ⓘ
hasEstimatedExecutions over 300 rebels executed after trials ⓘ
hasEstimatedParticipants around 60,000 enslaved people ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance major turning point in British West Indian slavery ⓘ
strengthened abolitionist arguments in the British Parliament ⓘ
hasLeader Samuel Sharpe ⓘ
hasLocation Jamaica ⓘ
hasMethod attacks on plantations ⓘ
burning of cane fields ⓘ
strikes and work stoppages ⓘ
hasOpponent British colonial militia ⓘ
British regular troops ⓘ
Jamaican plantation owners ⓘ
hasParticipant Baptist deacons and lay preachers ⓘ
enslaved Africans in Jamaica ⓘ
hasPropertyDamage dozens of estates destroyed or damaged ⓘ
hasReligiousAssociation Baptist Church ⓘ
linked to: Baptists
hasResult execution of Samuel Sharpe ⓘ
hastened abolition of slavery in the British Empire ⓘ
increased support for abolition in Britain ⓘ
large-scale reprisals against enslaved people ⓘ
suppression by British colonial forces ⓘ
hasStartDate 1831-12-27 ⓘ
hasTimePeriod 1831–1832 ⓘ
hasTrigger Christmas 1831 wage dispute ⓘ
influenced Slavery Abolition Act 1833 ⓘ
isCommemoratedIn Jamaican national memory ⓘ
isRelatedTo abolitionism in the United Kingdom ⓘ
history of slavery in the Caribbean ⓘ
tookPlaceInParish Hanover Parish ⓘ
St. James Parish ⓘ
linked to: Clarendon Parish

Trelawny Parish ⓘ
Westmoreland Parish ⓘ
tookPlaceInRegion northwestern Jamaica ⓘ

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