The Colonial Council mobilizes against the strike

On 17 August, enslaved people at Knip refused to work. A later colonial notice identifies worsening working conditions as the immediate trigger: Sunday labor, longer hours, and insufficient food. Hira...

Enslaved people move from Knip toward St. Kruis and seek support from other plantations. Colonial testimonies say preparations had begun about fourteen days earlier and that messengers gathered...

The rebels recognize Tula as their leader; Bastiaan Carpatta and Toussaint are also named. The oath and shared rituals strengthen solidarity. Archival records describe the drink as evidence of...

On the way to St. Kruis, the rebels open plantation prisons and free fellow fighters. They also open stores and take food and livestock for their own use. These actions directly challenge daily...

Tula sends Mercier back to Knip to bring those who stayed behind into the revolt. Mercier succeeds in mobilizing them and finding weapons. Other messengers seek support and information in the upper...

Captain Van Westerholt sets out for Porto Mari with a military detachment. The colonial state quickly organizes armed suppression and also deploys free Black and mixed-race men in an earlier...