Christmas Rebellion, Jamaica

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

“The Heroes of Emancipation
Are those who resisted the lash
The simple spirit and million
Who resented participation
In slavery and bond life.
The heroes the greatest heroes
Of our country and nation
Are those who resisted the lash
And died for their resistance:”
(Excerpt from Emancipation by George Campbell)

(Photo: Destruction of Roehampton Estate, St. James, 1832, during the Christmas Rebellion)