In Our Time

The Morant Bay Rebellion


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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the rebellion that broke out in Jamaica on 11th October 1865 when Paul Bogle (1822-65) led a protest march from Stony Gut to the courthouse in nearby Morant Bay. There were many grounds for grievance that day and soon anger turned to bloodshed. Although the British had abolished slavery 30 years before, the plantation owners were still dominant and the conditions for the majority of people on Jamaica were poor. The British governor suppressed this rebellion brutally and soon people in Jamaica lost what right they had to rule themselves. Some in Britain, like Charles Dickens, supported the governor's actions while others, like Charles Darwin, wanted him tried for murder.

The image above is from a Jamaican $2 banknote, printed after Paul Bogle became a National Hero in 1969.

With

Matthew J Smith

Professor of History and Director of the Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery at University College London

Diana Paton

The William Robertson Professor of History at the University of Edinburgh

And

Lawrence Goldman

Emeritus Fellow in History at St Peter’s College, University of Oxford

Producer: Simon Tillotson

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