Berbice Rebellion: How Enslaved Africans Nearly Overthrew Dutch Rule in Guyana in 1763
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In February 1763, enslaved Africans in Berbice, a Dutch colony in present-day Guyana, rose against the brutal plantation system that had kept them in bondage, launching one of the most significant slave revolts in 18th-century South America. What began on a plantation along the Canje River quickly spread across the colony, drawing thousands of enslaved […]
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