The first known large-scale revolt of enslaved people on Curaçao began on 5 July 1750. Colonial repression followed. Later records and histories preserve only fragments of the rebels’ actions and goals; the revolt should be read as resistance to slavery, not merely as a disturbance to colonial order.
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How should the 1750 revolt be interpreted?
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Splikashon
The revolt was an act of resistance against enslavement; the rebels’ own voices survive only in fragments.