History slavery Dutch Antilles
📅 17 August 1795
📍 Curacao
Tula and dozens of enslaved people refused plantation labor and demanded freedom. They organized a march that drew others into the uprising. Colonial records described the act as rebellion; reading it as a freedom struggle restores the political purpose of their collective action.
Colonial forces met the insurgents near Porto Mari. Contemporary accounts record negotiations in which Tula rejected proposals that left enslaved people unfree. His stated demand was liberty. The...
Question 3 of 3📖 Enslaved people begin the revolt at Knip
Which person, place, or record is central to the event dated 1795-08-17?
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Explanation
Tula and dozens of enslaved people refused plantation labor and demanded freedom. They organized a march that drew others into the uprising. Colonial records described the act as rebellion; reading it as a freedom struggle restores the political purpose of their collective action.
