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# Samuel Sharpe

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Samuel Sharpe, or Sharp, also known as Sam Sharpe, was an enslaved Jamaican who was the leader of the widespread 1831–32 Baptist War slave rebellion in Jamaica.

##  Quotes by Samuel Sharpe

> [We have the Annunciation, the Conception, the Birth and the Adoration, as described in the first and second chapters of Luke's gospel;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-sharpe/we-have-the-annunciation-the-conception-the-birth-and-the-adoration/)

[Samuel Sharpe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-sharpe/)

[Accounts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accounts/)

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> [We have a hieroglyphical inscription in the British Museum as early as the reign of Sevechus of the eighth century before the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-sharpe/we-have-a-hieroglyphical-inscription-in-the-british-museum-as-early/)

[Samuel Sharpe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-sharpe/)

[Atheism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/atheism/)

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> [Since the building of Constantinople, and the removal of the seat of government to that city, no political quarrel separated Rome from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-sharpe/since-the-building-of-constantinople-and-the-removal-of-the-seat-of/)

[Samuel Sharpe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-sharpe/)

[Augustus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/augustus/)

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> [I would rather die upon yonder gallows, than live in slavery.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-sharpe/i-would-rather-die-upon-yonder-gallows-than-live-in-slavery/)

[Samuel Sharpe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-sharpe/)

[Dies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dies/)

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