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 archive is colonial in origin, so the rebelsโ arguments must be read through records made by officials and clergy.
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The 1795 revolt was only a request for better treatment and did not seek freedom.
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The insurgents explicitly demanded freedom from enslavement.