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See how a Christmas strike by Jamaican slaves in 1831 turned into a large slave revolt.
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Music used:
"Crossing the Chasm" by Kevin MacLeod
Notes:
- The dates for the final surrender of holdout slaves was not clear in the sources other than it occurring in early February.
Sources:
- Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery, n.d. ucl.ac.uk/lbs/. (Had locations of several major plantations captured by the rebel slaves.)
- Elam, Rachel. “Jamaican Christian Missions: Their Influence in the Jamaican Slave Rebellion of 1831-32 and the End of Slavery.” Historia 14 (2005): 101–5.
- Zoellner, Tom. Island on Fire: The Revolt That Ended Slavery in the British Empire. United Kingdom: Harvard University Press, 2020.
See how a Christmas strike by Jamaican slaves in 1831 turned into a large slave revolt.
➤ Support this channel with my Patreon!: patreon.com/emperortigerstar
Music used:
"Crossing the Chasm" by Kevin MacLeod
Notes:
- The dates for the final surrender of holdout slaves was not clear in the sources other than it occurring in early February.
Sources:
- Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery, n.d. ucl.ac.uk/lbs/. (Had locations of several major plantations captured by the rebel slaves.)
- Elam, Rachel. “Jamaican Christian Missions: Their Influence in the Jamaican Slave Rebellion of 1831-32 and the End of Slavery.” Historia 14 (2005): 101–5.
- Zoellner, Tom. Island on Fire: The Revolt That Ended Slavery in the British Empire. United Kingdom: Harvard University Press, 2020.
