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The modern parishes of Jamaica Cane Cutters in Jamaica in the 1890s. Anonymous. [1]This is a list of plantations and pens in Jamaica by county and parish including historic parishes that have since been merged with modern ones.
The 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]
Roehampton Estate was a plantation in St James Parish, Jamaica. It was the scene of substantial destruction during the Baptist War (1831-2). The estate was owned by John Baillie, an absentee plantation owner who lived in Montagu Square, London. [1]
The Baptist War, as it was known, became the largest slave uprising in the British West Indies, [46] lasting 10 days and mobilised as many as 60,000 of Jamaica's 300,000 slaves. [47] The rebellion was suppressed by colonial forces under the control of Sir Willoughby Cotton . [ 48 ]
By 1832, the median-size plantation in Jamaica had about 150 slaves, and nearly one of every four bondsmen lived on units that had at least 250 slaves. [41] Jamaica eventually become one of Britain's most valuable colonies during the 18th century. During the Seven Years' War of 1756–63, the British government sought to protect Jamaica from a ...
The Maroon Story: The Authentic and Original History of the Maroons in the History of Jamaica 1490–1880. Kingston, Jamaica: Agouti Press. Patterson, Orlando (1973). "Slavery and Slave Revolts: A Sociohistorical Analysis of the First Maroon War, 1665–1740". In Price, Richard (ed.). Maroon Societies: Rebel Slave Communities in the Americas ...
Tacky's Revolt (also known as Tacky's Rebellion and Tacky's War) was a slave rebellion in the British colony of Jamaica which lasted from 7 April 1760 to 1761. Spearheaded by self-emancipated Coromantee people, the rebels were led by a Fante royal named Tacky.
In the Jamaica Almanac of 1824 Spring Vale Pen had 571 head of cattle and 186 slaves. The Baptist War, also known as the Sam Sharp Rebellion, the Christmas Rebellion, the Christmas Uprising and the Great Jamaican Slave Revolt of 1831–32, during Eleanora Atherton's period as a slave owner. Although suppressed, the scale of the uprising and ...