Morant Bay Rebellion

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The Morant Bay Rebellion was an 1865 uprising by Black Jamaicans protesting poverty, injustice, and colonial oppression, which was brutally suppressed and led to major changes in British colonial governance.

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Morant Bay Rebellion canonical 26
Morant Bay Rebellion of 1865 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
rebellion ⓘ
uprising ⓘ
aftermath execution of George William Gordon ⓘ
execution of Paul Bogle ⓘ
floggings and destruction of homes ⓘ
mass executions of suspected rebels ⓘ
recall and controversy over Governor Edward Eyre in Britain ⓘ
associatedWith George William Gordon ⓘ
commemoratedBy Paul Bogle ⓘ
surface form: Paul Bogle as a Jamaican National Hero
commemoratedIn Jamaican national memory and heritage ⓘ
consequence Froude Report on Jamaican governance ⓘ
Jamaica becoming a Crown Colony ⓘ
Royal Commission of Inquiry into the rebellion ⓘ
abolition of Jamaica’s elected House of Assembly ⓘ
debate in Britain over colonial policy and racial attitudes ⓘ
increased direct rule from the British Colonial Office ⓘ
country Jamaica ⓘ
describedIn Caribbean historiography ⓘ
endDate 1865-10-13 ⓘ
hasCause colonial oppression ⓘ
disputes over land rights ⓘ
economic hardship after emancipation ⓘ
inequitable justice system ⓘ
poverty among Black Jamaicans ⓘ
racial injustice ⓘ
hasEffectOn British colonial governance reforms ⓘ
emergence of later Jamaican nationalist thought ⓘ
policies toward other British Caribbean colonies ⓘ
hasTheme post-emancipation Black freedom struggle ⓘ
resistance to colonial rule ⓘ
struggle for land and economic justice ⓘ
languageOfContext English ⓘ
leader Paul Bogle ⓘ
location Morant Bay ⓘ
Parish of St. Thomas in the East ⓘ
numberOfDeaths hundreds of Black Jamaicans ⓘ
opponent British colonial authorities in Jamaica ⓘ
opposedBy Governor Edward John Eyre ⓘ
participant Black Jamaican peasants ⓘ
British troops ⓘ
Jamaican colonial militia ⓘ
partOf history of Jamaica ⓘ
history of the British Empire ⓘ
significantEvent attack on Morant Bay courthouse ⓘ
killing of local officials and militia at Morant Bay ⓘ
startDate 1865-10-11 ⓘ
year 1865 ⓘ

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British West Indies → significantEvent → Morant Bay Rebellion ⓘ
Morant Bay → knownFor → Morant Bay Rebellion ⓘ
Morant Bay → significantEvent → Morant Bay Rebellion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Morant Bay Rebellion of 1865
Parish of St. Thomas in the East → knownFor → Morant Bay Rebellion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Morant Bay Rebellion of 1865
Paul Bogle → led → Morant Bay Rebellion ⓘ
Paul Bogle → associatedEvent → Morant Bay Rebellion ⓘ
Froude Report on Jamaican governance → follows → Morant Bay Rebellion ⓘ
George William Gordon → event → Morant Bay Rebellion ⓘ
Morant Bay Courthouse → knownFor → Morant Bay Rebellion ⓘ
Morant Bay Courthouse → significantEvent → Morant Bay Rebellion ⓘ
National Heroes Day in Jamaica → linkedTo → Morant Bay Rebellion ⓘ
subject surface form: National Heroes Day (Jamaica)
Saint Thomas Parish → knownFor → Morant Bay Rebellion ⓘ
Saint Thomas Parish → hasHistoricalEvent → Morant Bay Rebellion ⓘ
St. Thomas Parish, Jamaica → knownFor → Morant Bay Rebellion ⓘ
Eyre controversy in Britain → hasMainSubject → Morant Bay Rebellion ⓘ
Eyre controversy in Britain → relatedToEvent → Morant Bay Rebellion ⓘ
Colony of Jamaica → significantEvent → Morant Bay Rebellion ⓘ
Paul Bogle statue → subjectOf → Morant Bay Rebellion ⓘ
Paul Bogle statue → associatedWithEvent → Morant Bay Rebellion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Morant Bay Rebellion of 1865
St. Thomas in the East → hasHistoricalEvent → Morant Bay Rebellion ⓘ
Stony Gut → associatedWithEvent → Morant Bay Rebellion ⓘ
John → notableEvent → Morant Bay Rebellion ⓘ
subject surface form: Edward John Eyre
Eyre Defence Committee → mainSubject → Morant Bay Rebellion ⓘ
Jamaica Committee → concernsEvent → Morant Bay Rebellion ⓘ