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    Samuel Sharpe was a former slave in Jamaica who became a respected church leader. He led 2000 rebels to destroy and burn down many plantations. Sharpe was publicly executed, which alarmed the government and contributed to their decision to abolish slavery once and for all. He had lived and worked on the Sharpe plantation before gaining freedom and taking their surname, then launching anti-slavery campaigns that ended with his execution prompting the end of slavery.

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    Samuel Sharpe was a former slave in Jamaica who became a respected church leader. He led 2000 rebels to destroy and burn down many plantations. Sharpe was publicly executed, which alarmed the government and contributed to their decision to abolish slavery once and for all. He had lived and worked on the Sharpe plantation before gaining freedom and taking their surname, then launching anti-slavery campaigns that ended with his execution prompting the end of slavery.

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    Samuel Sharpe

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    Samuel Sharpe was a former slave in Jamaica who became a respected church leader. He led 2000 rebels to destroy and burn down many plantations. Sharpe was publicly executed, which alarmed the government and contributed to their decision to abolish slavery once and for all. He had lived and worked on the Sharpe plantation before gaining freedom and taking their surname, then launching anti-slavery campaigns that ended with his execution prompting the end of slavery.

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    The most important person in the abolition of slavery is

    Samuel Sharpe, his execution was noticed by the


    government and they decided to abolish slavery. He
    was a well respected church man and led 2000 rebels
    in destroying as many plantations as possible and
    destroyed many, he would also attempt at burning
    them down too. The most spooking part about his
    death was that he was executed in public and that told
    the government to stop slavery once and for all. He
    was a former slave, a Jamaican slave that lived on
    Samuel and Juda Sharpe’s plantation, he became a free
    man and adapted their name, second name and after
    becoming free he started all of the anti-slavery
    campaigns and stopped slavery by his execution.

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