On 5 March 1795, acting governor Kenneth Mackenzie issued a bilingual proclamation offering amnesty to rebels who had not committed murder and threatening punishment to those who resisted. The National Archives’ account reports that no rebels surrendered. The proclamation records a colonial attempt to divide insurgents; it does not show that those resisting lacked reasons to distrust British rule.
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What did Mackenzie’s 5 March proclamation offer?
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The proclamation offered conditional amnesty and threatened those who continued resistance.