The Ordnance Order of Samuel Sharpe Award
WEBThe purpose of the Ordnance Order of Samuel Sharpe is to recognize those individuals who have served the United States Army Ordnance Corps with demonstrated integrity, moral character and professional competence over a sustained period of time.
Samuel Sharpe - Wikipedia
WEBSamuel Sharpe, or Sharp (1801 – 23 May 1832), [1] also known as Sam Sharpe, [2] was an enslaved Jamaican who was the leader of the widespread 1831–32 Baptist War slave rebellion (also known as the Christmas Rebellion) in Jamaica.
Samuel Sharpe (ca. 1780-1832) - Blackpast
WEBAug 16, 2013 · Samuel “Sam” Sharpe (or “Daddy Sharpe”) led a rebellion which led to the end of legal slavery in the British colony of Jamaica. Records of who his parents were have been lost. Sharpe was a slave of an English attorney and namesake who practiced in …
Baptist War - Wikipedia
WEBThe Baptist War, also known as the Sam Sharp Rebellion, the Christmas Rebellion, the Christmas Uprising and the Great Jamaican Slave Revolt of 1831–32, 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. [1]
Sharpe, Samuel - Encyclopedia.com
WEBSamuel Sharpe, a Jamaican National Hero, is best known as the chief organizer of the 1831 – 32 Emancipation War that hastened the passing of the British Abolition Act in 1833. In keeping with a historiographical trend that gives little visibility to the individual enslaved, biographical details on Sharpe are sketchy.
Samuel 'Sam' Sharpe - National Library of Jamaica
WEBA man before his time, Samuel Sharpe, Sam Sharpe or Daddy Sharpe saw the injustices of slavery and was sufficiently appalled and outraged to inspire his fellow slaves to participate in Jamaica’s first strike action taken by creole slaves.
Sam Sharpe, the leader of the 1831 Christmas revolt that ended …
WEBMay 30, 2018 · Born in 1801 in the parish of St. James in Jamaica, Sam Sharpe was a slave of an English attorney. He got the privilege of education, was baptized and subsequently made a deacon of the...
The Baptist War (1831-1832) - Blackpast
WEBJul 22, 2017 · More than three hundred enslaved men and women were executed, including Samuel Sharpe, who was hanged. The Baptist War, however, pushed Great Britain to adopt full emancipation throughout all of its colonies, including Jamaica and the …
This Christmas, remembering Sam Sharpe and the Baptist War in …
WEBDec 21, 2023 · Sam Sharpe wrote these words in a letter to the British Parliament from his jail cell in Jamaica. Sharpe, a Baptist deacon and lay preacher, faced execution for organizing and leading a rebellion of 60,000 enslaved persons — the largest such revolt in the British Caribbean.
The Hon. Samuel (Sam) Sharpe, National Hero · National Library …
WEB5 days ago · The National Library of Jamaica’s (NLJ) holdings constitute the most comprehensive collection of Jamaican documentary offering an invaluable representation of Jamaica’s history and heritage.