Samuel sharpes biography
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Samuel Sharpe (scholar)
British scholar
Samuel Sharpe | |
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Portrait from 1868 of Sharpe by his daughter, Matilda | |
| Born | 1799 (1799) |
| Died | 1881(1881-00-00) (aged 81–82) |
| Occupation(s) | Banker, Egyptologist, biblical translator |
Samuel Sharpe (1799–1881) was an English Unitarian banker who, in his leisure hours, made substantial contributions to Egyptology and Biblical translation.
Background
[edit]He was the second son of Sutton Sharpe (1756–1806), a brewer, with his second wife, Maria Rogers (1771–1806), third daughter of Thomas Rogers, a banker, and was born in King Street, Golden Square, London, on 8 March 1799, and baptised at St. James's, Piccadilly.[1][2] His elder brother Sutton Sharpe the younger (1797–1843) was a barrister, and friend of Stendhal and Prosper Mérimée.[3][4][5] His younger sister Mary married legal reformer Edwin Wilkins Field. One of his younger brothers, William Sharpe (180
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A man before his time, Samuel Sharpe, Sam Sharpe or Daddy Sharpe saw the injustices of slavery and was sufficiently appalled and outraged to inspire his fellow slaves to participate in Jamaica’s first strike action taken bygd creole slaves. Born about 1780, Sam Sharpe was the slave of an English Lawyer of the same name who practiced in Montego Bay. He was baptized as a Baptist and became a lay deacon and appointed by the English Baptist Missionaries. Sharpe was a member of the Burchell Baptist church and became a daddy or leader in the congregation.
There were no labour laws at that time that spoke to the rights or priviledges of slaves. About 1831 the British Parliament began discussions concerning the abolition of slavery. Many planters were against such a proposal and were determined to resist it. Sam Sharpe became aware of this and brought it to the attention of his congregation.
Sharpe may be considered a forerunner to the labour movement as he fought for the rights of fel
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Samuel Sharpe
Jamaican slave-rebellion leader (1801–1832)
"Sam Sharp" redirects here. For The Loud House character, see List of The Loud House characters § Royal Woods High School.
For other people named Samuel Sharpe, see Samuel Sharpe (disambiguation).
Samuel Sharpe, or Sharp (1801 – 23 May 1832),[1] also known as Sam Sharpe,[2] was an enslaved Jamaican who was the leader of the widespread 1831–32 Baptist Warslave rebellion (also known as the Christmas Rebellion) in Jamaica.
He was proclaimed a National Hero of Jamaica on 31 March 1982[3] and his image is on the $50 Jamaican banknote.[4]
Biography
[edit]Samuel Sharpe was born into slavery in the parish of St James, Jamaica, on a plantation owned by Samuel and Batty Sharpe. The Slave Return of 1832 announcing his death gave his name as Archer aka Samuel Sharpe, the son of Eve, and he was only 28 years old when he died. The Slave Return of Samuel and Jane Sharpe in 1