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African slaves in the Danish West Indies began an insurrection in one of the earliest and longest slave revolts in the Americas.
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Danish West Indies
Former Danish colony in the Caribbean
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1733 slave insurrection on St. John
Revolt in the Danish West Indies
The 1733 slave insurrection on St. John or the Slave Uprising of 1733, was a slave insurrection started on Sankt Jan in the Danish West Indies on November 23, 1733, when 150 African slaves from Akwamu, in present-day Ghana, revolted against the owners and managers of the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Slave rebellion
Armed uprising by slaves
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