Slaves joined in the revolt and returned ... the leading general of the black revolt, became the undisputed leader of the entire island. But the battle was not over. Napoleon Bonaparte, who ...

Photo: Charles Hoffman via Wikipedia The leader of a slave uprising on the island of Curacao is being ... “If slavery was wrong, then those who rose up against it were not.” The 1795 revolt was ...

The Amistad Slave Ship Revolt, 1839. The incident triggered international ... A painting from 1796 depicting a Jamaican Maroon leader known as Leonard Parkinson who had been active in the fight ...

Most of what we know of the rebel leader comes from that unique document ... and particularly thwarted slave rebellions in Richmond, Va., in 1800, and in Charleston, S.C., in 1822.

Inspired by the Haitian Revolution, free people of color and enslaved people joined forces to try to end slavery on the island. In April, the Cuban government eventually smashed the rebellion.

The plaque commemorates Gordon and his role in Tacky's War, a slave rebellion in which hundreds ... chief who had been sold into slavery by rival leaders following his army's defeat in modern ...

Look for instance, at the admirable course of their most distinguished leaders ... any in putting down the rebellion. Glad are they to have even the most Pro-Slavery men for their fellows in ...

Slaves joined in the revolt and returned ... the leading general of the black revolt, became the undisputed leader of the entire island. But the battle was not over. Napoleon Bonaparte, who ...

The Christmas Rebellion – or Baptist War, as it became known – was the largest slave revolt in Jamaica’s history. For nearly two months, thousands of slaves battled British forces until they ...