c. 1686–c. 1755
Biography · Resistance
Samuel Sharpe
c. 1801–1832
Jamaica
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Sharpe organized a mass strike against slavery in 1831. The uprising and its brutal suppression accelerated the movement toward emancipation.
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c. 1822–1865
c. 1545–after 1618