Causes
This describes how enslaved people were treated.
👉 What is harsh treatment?
The main leader of the revolt.
👉 Who is Samuel Sharpe?
The time of year the revolt began.
👉 What is Christmas?
Number of enslaved people killed.
👉 What is over 500?
The revolt lasted about this many days.
👉 What is 10 days?
This news from Britain gave enslaved people hope.
👉 What is slavery might end?
Sharpe’s role in society.
👉 What is a preacher?
What enslaved people did to plantations.
👉 What is burned them?
Sharpe’s fate after the revolt.
👉 What is he was executed?
The original plan was to do this instead of fighting.
👉 What is stop working?
This caused anger when plantation owners ignored it.
👉 What is talk of freedom / change?
What Sharpe first planned instead of violence.
👉 What is a peaceful strike?
Who crushed the rebellion.
👉 Who are the British army and militia?
What major law followed soon after.
👉 What is the abolition of slavery (1833)?
This type of protest turned into rebellion.
👉 What is a strike?
This system forced enslaved people to work without pay or freedom.
👉 What is slavery?
Sharpe used this to spread his message and organize people.
👉 What is religion / church?
This action by plantation owners caused the protest to turn violent.
👉 What is punishing the enslaved people?
This group suffered the greatest loss of life during the revolt.
👉 Who are enslaved people?
This type of resistance involves refusing to work.
👉 What is a strike?
This gap between expectation and reality pushed enslaved people to rebel.
👉 What is hearing slavery would end but seeing no change?
Sharpe believed in this method before violence broke out.
👉 What is peaceful resistance / non-violent protest?
This strategy marked the shift from protest to rebellion.
👉 What is burning plantations and fighting back?
This long-term impact of the revolt influenced British decisions.
👉 What is pressure to abolish slavery?
This shows how the revolt started peaceful but escalated.
👉 What is it began as a strike and turned into a rebellion?