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colonial government of Berbice

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colonial government of Berbice

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The Berbice uprising begins against Dutch plantation rule

📅 23 February 1763

On 23 February 1763, enslaved Africans at plantations along the Canje River in the Dutch colony of Berbice rose against plantation slavery. The uprising spread across estates and developed into a...