Books and Resources

This section will be updated with additional titles - we are always looking for additional resources about Sam Sharpe.

 

Visions of Colour The Sam Sharpe Project has developed a specifically racial justice training resource, titled: Visions of Colour. The training programme is designed for Baptist church ministers and leaders to equip them with the theological and practical tools to begin the journey towards developing anti–racist churches.

Books

	Burning for Freedom: A Theology of the Black Atlantic Struggle for Liberation by Delroy Reid-Salmon Click here to download a flyer for Burning for Freedom
	Text and Story: Prophets for their time and ours by Gale Richards Published in 2019, this is a series of study notes to encourage adults and young people to reflect on the stories of five Baptist pioneers, on the scriptural texts that shaped them and their own stories today in order to find their place in society and develop their potential for leadership. Click here to order from Amazon

Internet resources

	Information from the official guide to Black History Month.
	Articles on Jamaican heroes (including Sam Sharpe) from the Research Department at The Jamaica Information Service.
	An article on Slavery and Religion from Recovered Histories (a digitised collection of 18th and 19th century literature on the Transatlantic Slave Trade, includes narratives from the enslaved, enslavers, slave ship surgeons, abolitionists, parliamentarians, clergy, planters and rebels.)
	Poetry from ‘Poets of the Caribbean’, ‘Sam Sharpe in Prison' by Philip Sherlock

Please note, we do not accept responsibility for the content of external sites.