Baptist War

Baptist War
Part of North American slave revolts

Destruction of the Roehampton Estate, January 1832, during the Baptist War, by Adolphe Duperly
Date25 December 1831-5 January 1832
Location
Result Rebellion suppressed
Belligerents
Colony of Jamaica Slave rebels
Commanders and leaders
Willoughby Cotton Samuel Sharpe
Casualties and losses
None[citation needed] ~500 people dead

The Baptist War, also known as the Sam Sharp Rebellion, the Christmas Rebellion, the Christmas Uprising and the Great Jamaican Slave Revolt of 1831–32, was an eleven-day rebellion that started on 25 December 1831 and involved up to 60,000 of the 300,000 slaves in the Colony of Jamaica.[1] The uprising was led by a black Baptist deacon, Samuel Sharpe, and waged largely by his followers. The revolt, though militarily unsuccessful, played a major part in the abolition of slavery throughout the British Empire.

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