Slave Revolts in The Caribbean Focus questions 1. Where and when did these revolts take place? 2. Determine the causes of these revolts 3. Discuss the course of events 4. Examine the effects/consequences of these revolts Tacky & Cuffy’s Rebellion Tacky’s Rebellion Tackys War, or Tackys Rebellion, was an uprising of black African slaves that occurred in Jamaica in May, June and July 1760. It was the most significant slave rebellion in the Caribbean until the Haitian Revolution in 1790. The leader of the rebellion, Tacky (Takyi), had been a Coromantin (a Fanti coastal fort town in the Central region of present-day Ghana) chief before being enslaved. Beginning in St. Mary in the early morning of Easter Monday, Tacky and a group of supporters, most or all Kormantse, moved inland. They took over plantations and killed the white plantation owners. Their plan was to overthrow British rule and to establish an African kingdom in Jamaica. Unfortunately for the rebellion, a slave from one of the rebel controlled plantations escaped and informed white authorities. After the mobilization of a planter militia, regular troops and a Maroon force allied to the British, many of the rebels returned to their plantations. Some, including Tacky, fought on, but when Tacky was killed by a Maroon sharpshooter, the last fighters killed themselves before capture. Tackys Rebellion was, like many other Atlantic slave revolts, put down quickly and mercilessly by colonial authority. However, Tackys actions spurred unrest and disorder throughout the island, and it took the local forces some weeks to re-establish order. The Berbice Slaves Uprising & The Rise Of Cuffy! The Berbice Slave Uprising is the most famous slave revolt in Guyana. It began in February 1763 and lasted into 1764. The uprising began on Plantation Magdalenenberg on the Canje River in Berbice. The slaves rebelled, protesting harsh and inhumane treatment, and took control of the region. As plantation after plantation fell to the slaves, the European population fled. Eventually only half of the whites who had lived in the colony remained. Led by Cuffy (now the national hero of Guyana), the rebels came to number about 3,000 and threatened European control over the Guianas. The insurgents were defeated with the assistance of troops from neighbouring French and British colonies and from Europe. Cuffy, or Kofi, was an Akan slave in the Dutch colony of Berbice in present-day Guyana, who in 1763 led a revolt of more than 2,500 slaves. They held most of Berbice for ten months, but divisions among the rebels and attacks by the Dutch led to the collapse of the rebellion, and Cuffy committed suicide soon after. Towards the end of the Berbice Slave Uprising Cuffy disagreed violently with Akara, one of the leaders of the rebellion. Akara was demoted and made to work in the gang. Akara later joined Atta against Cuffy. Later still, he cooperated with the Dutch, taking part in the successful assault on Accabre which ended the rebellion.
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