Great Jamaican Slave Revolt

GPTKB entity

Statements (22)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf slave rebellion
gptkbp:aftermath gptkb:Slavery_Abolition_Act_1833
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Christmas_Rebellion
gptkb:Baptist_War
gptkbp:casualties 14 whites killed
over 500 enslaved people killed
gptkbp:cause slavery
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:endDate 1832
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Great Jamaican Slave Revolt
gptkbp:leader gptkb:Samuel_Sharpe
gptkbp:location gptkb:Jamaica
gptkbp:notableEvent Destruction of plantations
Executions of rebels
Martial law declared in Jamaica
gptkbp:participants over 60,000 enslaved people
gptkbp:result Suppression of the rebellion
Increased movement toward abolition of slavery
gptkbp:significance Accelerated the abolition of slavery in the British Empire
gptkbp:startDate 1831
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Baptist_War
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7