Samuel Sharpe

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Samuel Sharpe was a Jamaican Baptist deacon and anti-slavery leader who organized the 1831–32 Christmas Rebellion, a major slave uprising that helped accelerate the abolition of slavery in the British Empire.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Sam Sharpe 2
Samuel Sharpe canonical 2
Samuel Sharpe (symbolic) 1

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Baptist deacon ⓘ
abolitionist ⓘ
human ⓘ
slave rebellion leader ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Daddy Sharpe ⓘ
Sam Sharpe ⓘ
linked to: Samuel Sharpe
associatedWith Baptist missionaries in Jamaica ⓘ
enslaved Africans on Jamaican plantations ⓘ
causeOfDeath execution by hanging ⓘ
commemoratedBy National Hero status in Jamaica ⓘ
Sam Sharpe Square in Montego Bay ⓘ
statues and monuments in Jamaica ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Jamaica ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1832 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Afro-Jamaican ⓘ
linked to: Jamaican
gender male ⓘ
givenName Samuel ⓘ
hasCause opposition to slavery ⓘ
hasImpact contributed to the passage of the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 ⓘ
historicalPeriod early 19th century ⓘ
honorificTitle National Hero of Jamaica ⓘ
influenced British public opinion on slavery ⓘ
parliamentary debates on emancipation in the United Kingdom ⓘ
inspiredBy Christian teachings on freedom and justice ⓘ
knownFor helping accelerate the abolition of slavery in the British Empire ⓘ
leading a major slave uprising in Jamaica ⓘ
legacy martyr of the Jamaican Baptist Church ⓘ
symbol of resistance against slavery in Jamaica ⓘ
movement abolitionism ⓘ
notableEvent Baptist War ⓘ
Christmas Rebellion of 1831–32 ⓘ
notableWork organization of the 1831–32 Christmas Rebellion ⓘ
occupation Baptist deacon ⓘ
anti-slavery activist ⓘ
opposedTo slavery in the British West Indies ⓘ
partOf history of Jamaica ⓘ
history of slavery in the British Empire ⓘ
placeOfActivity Jamaica ⓘ
parish of St James, Jamaica ⓘ
placeOfBirth Jamaica ⓘ
placeOfDeath Montego Bay, Jamaica ⓘ
religion Baptist Christianity ⓘ
linked to: Baptists
significantEvent escalation of the protest into a large-scale slave rebellion ⓘ
planning of a general strike and peaceful protest at Christmas 1831 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

National Heroes Day (Jamaica) → honors → Samuel Sharpe ⓘ
subject linked to: National Heroes Day in Jamaica
National Heroes Park → burialPlaceOf → Samuel Sharpe (symbolic) ⓘ
linked to: Samuel Sharpe
Baptist War → hasLeader → Samuel Sharpe ⓘ
Samuel Sharpe → alsoKnownAs → Sam Sharpe ⓘ
linked to: Samuel Sharpe
Order of National Hero (Jamaica) → hasRecipient → Sam Sharpe ⓘ
linked to: Samuel Sharpe