EVENT INFORMATION

7
April
1760

Tacky and other enslaved people launch a major uprising in St Mary

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📅 7 April 1760 📍 Jamaica

An uprising led by Tacky began in St Mary parish. Enslaved Africans seized weapons at Fort Haldane and expanded the revolt by attacking plantations and encouraging others to join. Historian Vincent Brown situates the rebellion within a sustained Atlantic war against slavery rather than as an isolated outburst. The uprising spread into a wider series of conflicts through 1761, involving multiple leaders and communities whose names were often erased from planter records.

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Personanan den e suseso aki

Tacky

Enslaved African rebels

colonial militia

Organisashonnan den e Evento aki

Rebel networks in St Mary

Jamaican colonial militia