Prelude to Rebellion
This imported food item made scarce and expensive because of the American Civil War deepened suffering among the Jamaican peasantry.
What is flour or salt fish?
This Stony Gut deacon led marches, trained men, and criticised unfair justice practices.
Who is Paul Bogle?
What incident inside the courthouse led to the first clash between Bogle’s supporters and the police?
What is the attempted arrest of a man who interrupted proceedings?
What instrument sounds horns, conch shells, fifes, and drums signalled the marchers’ arrival in Morant Bay?
What is the uproar of traditional warning instruments?
What is the uproar of traditional warning instruments?
What legal state was declared on October 13 to crush the rebellion?
What is martial law?
This economic trend saw wages fall from 2s 6d to less than 1 shilling worsening poverty among freed people.
What is the decline in wages after emancipation?
This Native Baptist minister and JP was blamed by Governor Eyre, tried under martial law, and executed despite weak evidence.
Who is George William Gordon?
This document was read at the Vestry Meeting urged by magistrates as the crowd approached on October
What is the Riot Act?
How many rebels marched with Bogle to the courthouse (approximately)?
What is about 200 men?
Who captured Paul Bogle as he emerged from a sugarcane field?
Who are the Maroons?
This Queen-approved statement urged the poor to rely on “prudence and industry,” angering peasants who felt abandoned.
What is- the Queen’s Advice
This man became Governor in 1864 and distributed 50,000 copies of the Queen’s Advice, worsening tensions.
Who is Edward Eyre?
Before marching to Morant Bay, rebels stopped at this location to seize muskets and bayonets.
What is the Church Corner police station?
Which officials were killed when the courthouse and neighbouring buildings were set on fire?
What is the Custos and several Vestrymen and Volunteers?
What punishment did Gordon receive after his quick court-martial trial?
What is execution by hanging?
Name the British missionary whose critical 1865 letter sparked island-wide protest meetings and helped ignite unrest.
Who is Dr. Edward Underhill?
This group played a major role in suppressing the rebellion by tracking down Bogle and others in rural St. Thomas.
Who is The Maroons?
This action by a member of the crowd striking a Volunteer Captain triggered the opening of fire.
What is throwing a stone at the captain?
This important act of rebellion freed many who later joined the uprising.
What is breaking open the jail and releasing prisoners?
Name one major form of punishment used during the “reign of terror” launched by Eyre after the rebellion.
What is mass floggings, executions, or burning houses?
This long-standing problem linked to droughts, unemployment, and unequal land distribution made small planters fear for their economic survival.
What is the struggle of peasants and small farmers to obtain land to cultivate?
This individual undertook a 45-mile walk from Stony Gut to Spanish Town seeking justice but was refused an audience.
Who is Paul Bogle?
This parallel institution created in Stony Gut symbolised rejecting an unjust justice system and exercising community authority.
What is the Stony Gut “people’s court” with its own justices and constables?
On returning to Stony Gut after the courthouse burning, Bogle performed this symbolic action before planning the next steps.
What is holding a prayer meeting to thank God for “victory”?
By the end of 1865, give one of the shocking statistics that reflected the brutality of the suppression.
What is over 430 executed, 600 flogged, or more than 1,000 houses destroyed?