Jamaica Slave Rebellion

THE

CHRISTMAS

REBELLION

ACKNOWLOGEMENT
I like to thank Miss Reid our history teacher for give us this project on the guerillalion, so we faeces learn about thing that shape the Caribbean nation. So we rear see how harsh our ancestor was treated so they had to rebel against the treatment that was given to them. So thank you.

INTRODUCTION
Thus disorder help shape Jamaica for the future.

WHAT CAUSE THE REBELLION
In the pretended belief that emancipation was near and that wage labour would fix to Jamaica .he spread the word amongst his fellow buckle downs. The Christmas holiday was approaching and told the slaves not to return to work after Christmas unless they were paid. The strike began on 27 December, as most slaves were not required to work on Christmas day and Boxing Day. The master and the administration realized that individual well acquainted with political development in England and Jamaica had incited the slave they blamed Sam Sharpe .he was also a prominent process of the Baptist church, another cause for suspicion. However, Samuel Sharpe was not responsible for the rebellion that followed. He had not planned it and was opposed to violence. The situation in the northwestward of Jamaica was explosive.



When a husband was forced to watch his wife been uncivilized flogging, he struck the whipper. The overseer ordered the slave to be arrested, but the other slave refused. Thus the riot began. The beginning plantation to be attacked was Kensington estate in St James. Quickly the revolt spread to other plantation in the neighborhood and briefly the parishes of St Elizabeth and Manchester were involved. By January, 50000 slaves were in revolt because they believed that their masters were withholding their rightful(prenominal) freedom. The slaves did not set out to kill the whites, but to drop off property. In all, only fifteen whites were killed which was not a legion(predicate) in such a large rebellion. Many whites evacuated the estates until the authorities had regained control. Retaliation...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Ordercustompaper.com



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