Samuel Sharpe

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Baptist deacon abolitionist human slave rebellion leader

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.

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All labels observed (3)

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

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Baptist deacon ⓘ abolitionist ⓘ human ⓘ slave rebellion leader ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Daddy Sharpe ⓘ Samuel Sharpe ⓘ surface form: Sam 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	Jamaican ⓘ surface form: Afro-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	Baptists ⓘ surface form: Baptist Christianity
significantEvent	escalation of the protest into a large-scale slave rebellion ⓘ planning of a general strike and peaceful protest at Christmas 1831 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

National Heroes Day in Jamaica → honors → Samuel Sharpe ⓘ

subject surface form: National Heroes Day (Jamaica)

National Heroes Park, Kingston, Jamaica → burialPlaceOf → Samuel Sharpe ⓘ

subject surface form: National Heroes Park

this entity surface form: Samuel Sharpe (symbolic)

Baptist War → hasLeader → Samuel Sharpe ⓘ

Samuel Sharpe → alsoKnownAs → Samuel Sharpe ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sam Sharpe