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The 1865 Jamaican rebellion convinced Britain to strip the colonial oligarchy of power.

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Sep 20, 20261 min read

The 1865 Jamaican rebellion convinced Britain to strip the colonial oligarchy of power.

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The alternative, as was demonstrated by the Black rebellion in Jamaica in 1865, was to suffer the colonial oligarchy’s inadvertent but constant encouragement to violent Black militancy. — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 1134

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The 1865 Jamaican rebellion convinced Britain to strip the colonial oligarchy of power.
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Black resistance in the Caribbean shifted political power but incomplete autonomy
Ethiopia, Spain, and the Caribbean convinced James that Black armed rebellion was feasible
Jamaican rebels drew on the earlier marronage military tradition for armed revolt
Metropolitan abolition debates reached colonial slaves and triggered rebellion
Slave insurgents invoked the Declaration of Rights to demand general emancipation and wages.
Slave rebellion in Jamaica forced British abolition from above
Slave unrest in the Revolution preceded British recruitment efforts.
Cedric J. Robinson — Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black Radical Tradition
Cedric J. Robinson — Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black Radical Tradition

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The 1865 Jamaican rebellion convinced Britain to strip the colonial oligarchy of power.

The 1865 Jamaican rebellion convinced Britain to strip the colonial oligarchy of power.

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