The Pearl of Great Price
A short daily trip down the lane of Christian History. Looking at the fascinating people and events that have shaped a universal civilisation.
The Pearl of Great Price
May 23 Sam Sharpe and Jamaica's Baptist Rebellion
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Tim Byron
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Season 5
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Episode 23
Today Sam Sharpe was executed for inciting a Slave Rebellion, he is now a national hero in Jamaica. A slave himself and a Baptist Deacon, this is his story