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    Samuel Sharpe, a Baptist deacon and slave, led the 1831 Christmas Rebellion in Jamaica, which was a major slave uprising and a key event leading to the emancipation of slaves across the British Empire. To honor Sharpe, Jamaica proclaimed him a National Hero and placed his image on the $50 bill, while also founding Sam Sharpe Teachers' College and referencing him in songs.

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    Samuel Sharpe, a Baptist deacon and slave, led the 1831 Christmas Rebellion in Jamaica, which was a major slave uprising and a key event leading to the emancipation of slaves across the British Empire. To honor Sharpe, Jamaica proclaimed him a National Hero and placed his image on the $50 bill, while also founding Sam Sharpe Teachers' College and referencing him in songs.

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    Samuel Sharpe, a Baptist deacon and slave, led the 1831 Christmas Rebellion in Jamaica, which was a major slave uprising and a key event leading to the emancipation of slaves across the British Empire. To honor Sharpe, Jamaica proclaimed him a National Hero and placed his image on the $50 bill, while also founding Sam Sharpe Teachers' College and referencing him in songs.

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    ● In 1975, the government of independent Jamaica proclaimed Sharpe a National Hero,

    with the posthumous title of Rt. Excellent Samuel Sharpe.


    ● Also in 1975, Sam Sharpe Teachers' College was founded and named in his honor in
    Granville, a suburb of Montego Bay.
    [3]
    ● Sharpe's image is used on the modern Jamaican $50 bill.
    ● The British jazz saxophonist Courtney Pine (of Jamaican parentage) included an
    instrumental composition "Samuel Sharpe" as a tribute on his 2012 album House of
    [11]
    Legends.
    [12]
    ● Sam Sharpe is referenced by Vybz Kartel in his 2019 song "Stand Strong".
    ● Daddy Sharpe: A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Samuel Sharpe, West Indian
    Slave – Written by Himself, 1832, a fictionalized account of Sharpe's life, by Fred W.
    [
    Kennedy, was published in 2008.

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