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The purpose of the Ordnance Order of Samuel Sharpe is to recognize those individuals who have served the United States Army Ordnance Corps with demonstrated integrity, moral character and professional competence over a sustained period of time.
Samuel Sharpe, or Sharp (1801 – 23 May 1832), also known as Sam Sharpe, was an enslaved Jamaican who was the leader of the widespread 1831–32 Baptist War slave rebellion (also known as the Christmas Rebellion) in Jamaica.
Samuel Sharpe was the main instigator of the 1831 Slave Rebellion, which began on the Kensington Estate in St. James and which was largely instrumental in bringing about the abolition of slavery. Because of his intelligence and leadership qualities, Sam Sharpe became a “daddy”, or leader of the native Baptists in Montego Bay.
- Samuel Sharpe was born as a slave in 1801 on a slave plantation which was owned by Samuel and Jane Sharpe in the parish of St. James. He was also named Samuel Sharpe by his slave master but was also called “Archer”.
- He was literate unlike many of the slaves as he was given many privileges including learning to read and write. For this, he was well respected amongst the slaves.
- One of Sharpe’s responsibilities included taking slaves to other plantations to work. While doing this he became disgruntled with how the slaves were treated, even himself.
- Sam Sharpe (affectionately called Daddy Sharpe) became a well-known preacher and leader in the Baptist Church. He was a deacon at the Burchell Baptist Church in Montego Bay, with Rev.
Aug 16, 2013 · Samuel “Sam” Sharpe (or “Daddy Sharpe”) led a rebellion which led to the end of legal slavery in the British colony of Jamaica. Records of who his parents were have been lost. Sharpe was a slave of an English attorney and namesake who practiced in Montego Bay.
Samuel Sharpe, a Jamaican National Hero, is best known as the chief organizer of the 1831 – 32 Emancipation War that hastened the passing of the British Abolition Act in 1833. In keeping with a historiographical trend that gives little visibility to the individual enslaved, biographical details on Sharpe are sketchy.
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In 1831 Samuel Sharpe led a Christmas Day general strike for wages and better working conditions. After the strikers’ demands were ignored, however, the strike turned to open rebellion by tens of thousands of slaves, who looted and burned plantations into January 1832 before being defeated by…
