Morant Bay is a town in southeastern Jamaica and the capital of the parish of St. Thomas.
In 1867 it was the starting point of the Morant Bay Rebellion, the only major peasant revolt (as distinguished from slave rebellions and worker uprisings), in Jamaican history.
Its sister city is Uxbridge, Ontario, Canada.
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