The 1831 Christmas rebellion was actually multiple distinct uprisings

Evidence

It does appear, though, that what has been constructed as a single rebellion was at least two such actions and maybe even several. For one, the rebellion with which Sharpe and his Baptist associates were identified was centered around the environs of Montego Bay and was pursued by its planners as a form of sit-down strike: Sharpe, according to the account he gave the Wesleyan missionary, Henry Bleby, who had several conversations with him when he was in jail, did not plan armed rebellion, but mass passive resistance. — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 805

Categorization

Category: Contrarian or Surprising Claims

• SEED: The revelation that a ‘single’ historical rebellion was in fact several distinct actions is an angle on how unified narratives erase internal diversity of strategy — sit-down strike vs. armed uprising.

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