📅 8 April 1760
An uprising associated with the Akan leader Tacky began at St Mary, Jamaica, and expanded into a broad anti-slavery war. Insurgents attacked plantation infrastructure and sought to overthrow the...
📅 22 August 1791
A broad uprising began in northern Saint-Domingue and developed into the Haitian Revolution. Enslaved people organized military resistance, destroyed plantation infrastructure, and demanded freedom in...
📅 14 April 1816
A large uprising began in Barbados during Easter week, with Bussa among its leaders. Enslaved people resisted the plantation regime and the threat that rumors of emancipation would be denied or...
📅 23 February 1763
An uprising began on plantations along the Canje River and rapidly spread through Dutch Berbice. Cuffy and other leaders organized a large insurgent force and negotiated with colonial authorities...
📅 8 January 1811
Enslaved people began a coordinated march along the Mississippi River north of New Orleans, attacking plantations and seeking to overthrow slavery. Authorities killed many insurgents and executed...
📅 21 August 1831
Turner and a group of enslaved people began an uprising in Southampton County that challenged slavery through armed action. White authorities violently suppressed the revolt and killed many Black...
📅 22 May 1848
News of the French emancipation decree triggered revolt in Martinique. The uprising helped force local authorities to proclaim emancipation before the decree’s scheduled implementation. Enslaved...
📅 22 August 1791
Enslaved people rose across plantations in the northern plain, burning estates and attacking the slaveholding regime. The uprising was organized through networks built by enslaved Africans and their...
📅 22 February 1757
Enslaved people at the La Paix timber plantation rose against enslavement. The revolt spread through the Tempati region, with hundreds fleeing plantations and joining Maroon communities. This was an...
📅 23 February 1763
Enslaved people in Berbice began a major uprising for freedom. Within a day, the rebellion had spread across plantations. Led by Coffy and other organizers, the insurgents challenged a colonial system...
