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Author : C. Sam Reid
Release : 1988
Genre : Black people
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Book Synopsis Samuel Sharpe, from Slave to Jamaican National Hero by : C. Sam Reid
Download or read book Samuel Sharpe, from Slave to Jamaican National Hero written by C. Sam Reid. This book was released on 1988. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Horace O. Russell
Release : 2012
Genre : Antislavery movements
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Book Rating : 142/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Samuel Sharpe and the Meaning of Freedom by : Horace O. Russell
Download or read book Samuel Sharpe and the Meaning of Freedom written by Horace O. Russell. This book was released on 2012. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Fred W. Kennedy
Release : 2008
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Daddy Sharpe by : Fred W. Kennedy
Download or read book Daddy Sharpe written by Fred W. Kennedy. This book was released on 2008. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Daddy Sharpe is a unique work of Caribbean fiction. It is the result of five years of historical research, details of which have been used to recreate a narrative of the life of one of Jamaica's National Heroes, Samuel Sharpe. Locked in prison, awaiting a sentence of certain execution, Samuel Sharpe retells the story of his life in the first person narrative, beginning with his boyhood days at Cooper's Hill in St James and ending with his surrender to the authorities after his defeat in the Great Jamaican Slave Revolt of 1831. These flashbacks are interwoven with present time musings while he is in prison. The reader becomes immediately engaged in the character of the hero and his struggles for spiritual and physical freedom but is also fascinated by the descriptions and historical details of life in Jamaica in the early nineteenth century.
Author : Rosemarie Davidson
Release : 2023-11-30
Genre : Religion
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Book Rating : 488/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Sam Sharpe Lectures by : Rosemarie Davidson
Download or read book The Sam Sharpe Lectures written by Rosemarie Davidson. This book was released on 2023-11-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrating ten years of the annual Sam Sharpe Lectures, this text is a collection of a decade's contribution from scholars, thinkers, activists, and ministers responding to the legacy of Sam Sharpe, a Jamaican National Hero. This text documents these moving, insightful and mobilising contributions and seeks to capture how Sharpe's legacy inspires action for justice in the 21st century. Rooted in a radical Jamaican narrative, The Sam Sharpe Lectures collectively demonstrate how Sharpe's legacy can inspire all people to be game-changers despite life's challenges. Sam Sharpe was enslaved, yet through a grounding in Christian faith, compassion, justice, and self-determination became an agent for transformation, and these lectures translate his legacy into tools for today's injustices.
Author : Tom Zoellner
Release : 2020-05-12
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 307/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Island on Fire by : Tom Zoellner
Download or read book Island on Fire written by Tom Zoellner. This book was released on 2020-05-12. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a New York Times bestselling author, a gripping account of the slave rebellion that led to the abolition of slavery in the British Empire. For five horrific weeks after Christmas in 1831, Jamaica was convulsed by an uprising of its enslaved people. What started as a peaceful labor strike quickly turned into a full-blown revolt, leaving hundreds of plantation houses in smoking ruins. By the time British troops had put down the rebels, more than a thousand Jamaicans lay dead from summary executions and extrajudicial murder. While the rebels lost their military gamble, their sacrifice accelerated the larger struggle for freedom in the British Atlantic. The daring and suffering of the Jamaicans galvanized public opinion throughout the empire, triggering a decisive turn against slavery. For centuries bondage had fed Britain’s appetite for sugar. Within two years of the Christmas rebellion, slavery was formally abolished. Island on Fire is a dramatic day-by-day account of this transformative uprising. A skillful storyteller, Tom Zoellner goes back to the primary sources to tell the intimate story of the men and women who rose up and tasted liberty for a few brief weeks. He provides the first full portrait of the rebellion's enigmatic leader, Samuel Sharpe, and gives us a poignant glimpse of the struggles and dreams of the many Jamaicans who died for liberty.
