1865 CE
Morant Bay exposes post-emancipation violence
British Empire · Resistance & colonized agency · Indigenous peoples & dispossession · Law & imperial government · Migration & diaspora
Black protesters led by Paul Bogle attacked the courthouse after years of poverty, land scarcity, and political exclusion. Governor Edward Eyre imposed martial law; troops executed or killed hundreds and destroyed homes. British controversy pitted ideas of citizenship against racialized colonial rule
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