Island on Fire: The Revolt That Ended Slavery in the British Empire

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Ralph’s right of course. There isn’t a snake-thing. But if there was a snake we’d hunt it and kill it. We’re going to hunt pigs to get meat for everybody. And we’ll look for the snake too-” The passionate noise of agreement from the assembly hit him like a wave and he lost his thread. He thought again. Ralph nodded again. Behind him, the whole island was shuddering with flame. The officer knew, as a rule, when people were telling the truth. He whistled softly. The fire was a big one and the drum-roll that he had thought was left so far behind was nearer. Couldn't a fire outrun a galloping horse? He could see the sun-splashed ground over an area of perhaps fifty yards from where he lay, and as he watched, the sunlight in every patch blinked at him. This was so like the curtain that flapped in his brain that for a moment he thought the blinking was inside him. But then the patches blinked more rapidly, dulled and went out, so that he saw that a great heaviness of smoke lay between the island and the sun. Coates, Tyler (June 26, 2023). " Succession, Abbott Elementary, The Other Two Among Dorian TV Award Winners". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved July 16, 2023.

The Revolt That Ended Slavery in the British Empire

Incredible clarity about the events and political forces that brought about the end of enslavement in Jamaica. Jamaican history for laypeople i.e. not overly academic, but accessible, and compelling. Reads like a novel. Chevron icon It indicates an expandable section or menu, or sometimes previous / next navigation options.

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Though the 1970s rediscovery of Samuel Sharpe came at the time of Jamaica’s relations with Castro and the US attempts to tamper with national elections, there were also other powerful cultural forces at work… The government declared Samuel Sharpe a National Hero on October 1, 1975, an honor that unleashed a number of others. Sharpe’s story was inserted into the public school curriculum all over the island. His face went on the paper currency.” Later during the arc, after Caesar captures Law, Tashigi, Smoker, Luffy, Robin, and Franky, Caesar causes poisonous gas to spread across the island, using Smiley. The poisonous gas, called Shinokuni, spreads across the island making it inhospitable everywhere except in the research facility. But Caesar, desperately trying to petrify his enemies, allows the gas inside the lab's Sections A and B. [36] Zee, Michaela; Malkin, Marc (September 20, 2022). " Fire Island to Receive Gotham Awards' Ensemble Tribute (Exclusive)". Variety . Retrieved September 21, 2022. All at once he found he could talk fluently and explain what he had to say . He passed a hand through his fair hair and spoke. Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award "Impeccably researched and seductively readable...tells the story of Sam Sharpe's revolution manque, and the subsequent abolition of slavery in Jamaica, in a way that's acutely relevant to the racial unrest of our own time." -Madison Smartt Bell, author of All Souls' Rising

The Puzzle:

Excellent story telling, and narration. It feels like a reading a novel, more than a historical account. I really appreciated this insight into the history of Jamaica and the discussions of the wider impacts of the revolt. At Zócalo Public Square, read Zoellner’s overview of the enduring lessons of Jamaica’s 1831–2 “Christmas Uprising” We’ve got to have special people for looking after the fire. Any day there may be a ship out there”-he waved his arm at the taut wire of the horizon-”and if we have a signal going they’ll come and take us off. And another thing. We ought to have more rules. Where the conch is, that’s a meeting. The same up here as down there.” Spangler, Todd (December 1, 2020). "Quibi Is Officially Dead". Variety. Archived from the original on February 19, 2021 . Retrieved July 2, 2021.