Jamaica, 1865: The Morant Bay Rebellion | Governor Eyre, Paul Bogle and the Record

What began as a protest over land, poverty and justice became a colonial crackdown whose death toll and legality remain contested? Sources: British Parliamentary Papers on the Morant Bay disturbances; Jamaica Royal Commission reports; National Archives of Jamaica; The National Archives, United Kingdom, Colonial Office records; Mary Reckord, Black and White in Jamaica