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Barlovento uprising rejects conscription and asserts freedom

📅 24 June 1812

Black people, including enslaved and free residents of Curiepe, Capaya, and nearby valleys, rose in Barlovento on Saint John’s Day against the conscription drive. The uprising included refusal to...