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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Baptist War canonical | 2 |
Statements (50)
| 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, Jamaica
ⓘ
surface form:
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 |
Baptists
ⓘ
surface form:
Baptist Church
|
| 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
ⓘ
Clarendon Parish ⓘ
surface form:
St. James Parish
Trelawny Parish ⓘ Westmoreland Parish ⓘ |
| tookPlaceInRegion | northwestern Jamaica ⓘ |
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