Armed rebellion spread through Jamaica's western parishes after enslaved workers began refusing plantation labor. Baptist deacon Sam Sharpe had organized a mass strike to demand freedom and wages; the action escalated as more people joined and estates were attacked. The uprising was a collective political challenge to slavery, not simply a religious disturbance. Colonial suppression killed and punished many people, and the records of the revolt were largely written by its opponents.
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What form of action did Sam Sharpe initially organize before the Baptist War escalated?
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Sharpe planned a strike to demand freedom and wages; it escalated into armed rebellion.