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 while seeking to end Dutch control. Dutch archival records document the conflict from the rulers’ perspective; the revolt remains a major example of African-descended political and military agency in northern South America.
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