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En Jamaica's Historical Contradiction
MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica. July 26, 2025 - By Lenworth Fulton with contributions from Calvin G. Brown and Shalman Scott - In 1975, the Michael Manley-led PNP government declared Sam Sharpe a National Hero for leading the 1831-32 Christmas Rebellion which forced the legislative machinery in Britain to bring forward the Emancipation Act which was passed in 1833 and abolished slavery across the British Empire.
