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Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Sam Sharpe

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

August 1 commemorates the Emancipation of Slaves in Jamaica and the former British Empire. Jamaican national hero from Montego Bay, Sam Sharpe, led the infamous Christmas Rebellion that hastened the end of this cruel system. His final words before being hung were: "I would rather die on yonder gallows than live in slavery."
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