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Captain Oorsinga describes the marshland protecting Fort Buku
📅 4 May 1772In a report dated 4 May 1772, Captain Oorsinga described how the marsh around Fort Buku made a colonial attack difficult. Buku was an Aluku settlement and defensive base led by Boni and his allies....
Colonial troops capture and destroy Fort Buku
📅 20 November 1772On 20 November 1772, colonial forces captured Fort Buku after finding a concealed route through the marsh. The Zwarte Jagers, known as Redi Musu, helped the expedition; they were enslaved men...
Colonial troops confront insurgents at Porto Mari
📅 19 August 1795Colonial forces met the insurgents near Porto Mari. Contemporary accounts record negotiations in which Tula rejected proposals that left enslaved people unfree. His stated demand was liberty. The...
Governor Eyre declares martial law across most of Surrey County
📅 13 October 1865On 13 October 1865, Governor Edward John Eyre declared martial law in Surrey County, excluding Kingston, after the Morant Bay uprising. Although the uprising was suppressed within days, martial law...
Martial law ends after the Morant Bay crackdown
📅 13 November 1865On 13 November 1865, the thirty-day period of martial law in Surrey County ended. The uprising had been suppressed within days, yet emergency rule continued while Black Jamaicans faced military...
Janey Tetary is killed during the repression at Zorg en Hoop
📅 26 September 1884On 26 September 1884, colonial forces fired on resisting workers at Zorg en Hoop. Janey Tetary, a Hindostani woman who helped mobilize other women in the resistance, was shot and killed along with six...