When the slaves and free coloureds of Saint Domingue rebelled in the autumn of 17791, Jamaican society faced the greatest challenge of its history. The dramatic spectacle of violent selfliberation was acted out almost before the eyes of its blacks and mulattoes, while the ruling white elite experienced a dilemma that seemed to oppose its prosperity to its survival.
David Geggus, “Jamaica and the Saint Domingue Slave Revolt, 1791-1793,” The Americas 38 (October 1981): {pdf}
Image: Abraham Raimbach, “Leonard Parkinson, a captain of the Maroons,” B. Edwards, The Proceedings of the Governor and Assembly of Jamaica, in Regard to the Maroon Negroes… to which is prefixed an Introductory Account… of the Maroons (1796). Source: NYPL Digital Gallery. Also see: Nova Scotia Archives.
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