8 min
Jamaica Slave Rebellion Witness History: Archive 2010
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- History
*** Contains descriptions that some listeners may find upsetting ***
Enslaved Africans are forced to work in sugar cane fields - the hours are long and there are frequent, brutal punishments. They have endured these conditions for 200 years.
By 1831 the anti-slavery movement is gathering pace and the slaves decide to take action - by going on strike.
Samuel Sharpe became a Jamaican national hero as he led the island's slaves in a rebellion against the overseers and sugar plantation owners.
The rebellion was brutally crushed, but over time, the rebellion had a significant impact - and two years later in 1833 the Slavery Abolition Act is passed.
Picture: Making sugar in Jamaica, Credit: HultonArchive/Illustrated London News/Getty Images
*** Contains descriptions that some listeners may find upsetting ***
Enslaved Africans are forced to work in sugar cane fields - the hours are long and there are frequent, brutal punishments. They have endured these conditions for 200 years.
By 1831 the anti-slavery movement is gathering pace and the slaves decide to take action - by going on strike.
Samuel Sharpe became a Jamaican national hero as he led the island's slaves in a rebellion against the overseers and sugar plantation owners.
The rebellion was brutally crushed, but over time, the rebellion had a significant impact - and two years later in 1833 the Slavery Abolition Act is passed.
Picture: Making sugar in Jamaica, Credit: HultonArchive/Illustrated London News/Getty Images
8 min