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The 1763 Tacky's War: Jamaica's Great Slave Revolt
In 1763, the island of Jamaica became the stage for one of the most determined slave rebellions in British colonial history. Tacky, an Akan-speaking overseer from the Gold Coast, led a coordinated uprising across the island's parishes, seizing weapons, burning plantations, and nearly capturing the entire colony. This episode unpacks the rebellion's Akan military strategies—including the use of abeng horns for communication and oaths sworn on fetish objects—the brutal reprisals that followed, the role of the Jamaican Maroons in suppressing the revolt, and how Tacky's War…
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