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
Colony of Jamaica
Result Rebellion suppressed
Belligerents
Colony of Jamaica Slave rebels
Commanders and leaders
Willoughby Cotton Samuel Sharpe 
Casualties and losses
14 At least 307

The Baptist War 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. 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. It is also known as the Sam Sharp Rebellion, the Christmas Rebellion, the Christmas Uprising and the Great Jamaican Slave Revolt of 1831–32.

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