The Morant Bay Rebellion began with a protest march to the courthouse by hundreds of people led by preacher Paul Bogle in Morant Bay, Jamaica. Some were armed with sticks and stones. After seven men were shot and killed by the volunteer militia, the protesters attacked and burned the courthouse and nearby buildings. Twenty-five people died. Over the next two days, poor freedmen rose in rebellion across most of St. Thomas-in-the-East parish.
Statue of Paul Bogle in Morant Bay, Jamaica
Colonel Fyfe with six Maroons, c. 1865
1866 lithography by French cartoonist Honoré Daumier showing British Governor John Peter Grant establishing his authority
Edward John Eyre was an English land explorer of the Australian continent, colonial administrator, and Governor of Jamaica.
Edward John Eyre
Eyre circa 1890