![]() He notes the significance of the wars on the Gold Coast that led to the buildup of large African armies and the use of firearms. In this extraordinary book, Vincent Brown examines what became known as Tacky’s Revolt.īrown is particularly good in dealing with the African background to the uprisings. These two uprisings were the beginning of a war that lasted 18 months and resulted in 500 Blacks being killed or executed and 500 more transported. More than a month later, on May 25, there was another insurrection in the western parish of Westmoreland. Its ringleaders came from the Gold Coast in West Africa and, at its peak, the revolt involved around 400 rebels. On April 7, 1760, a slave revolt broke out in the northeast parish of St. ![]() Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, 2020. ![]() ![]() Vincent Brown, Tacky’s Revolt: The Story of an Atlantic Slave War. ![]()
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