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The 1760 Tacky's War: Jamaica's Largest Slave Revolt Before Haiti
Tacky's War, also known as the 1760 Easter Rebellion, was the largest and most coordinated slave uprising in the British Caribbean before the Haitian Revolution. This episode dives into the revolt led by Tacky, an Akan-speaking Coromantee from the Gold Coast, who mobilized over a thousand enslaved people across the parishes of St. Mary, St. Thomas, and Portland in Jamaica. We explore the revolt's origins in the brutal sugar plantation system, the role of Akan military tactics and obeah spiritual leaders, the shocking murder of the fort keeper at Fort Haldane, and the eventual…
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