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{
"4\/6\/1760":{
"DATE":"1760-1761",
"TEXT":"These circumstances show the great extent of the conspiracy, the strict correspondence which had been carried on by the Coromantins in every quarter of the island, and their almost incredible secrecy in the forming of their plan of insurrection; for it appeared in evidence, that the first eruption in St. Mary's, was a matter preconcerted, and known to all the chief men in the different districts; and the secret was probably confided to some hundreds, for several months before the blow was struck.--Planter and historian Edward Long, History of Jamaica (1774)",
"IMAGE":"Soulevement des Negres 1759.jpg"
},
"4\/7\/1760":{
"DATE":"April 7, 1760",
"TEXT":"Two Coromantee Negroes, Tacky and Jamaica, on Frontier Estate (belonging to Ballard Beckford, Esq;) having long been concerting a Rebellion with three other Chieftains of their country, who were each of them to have an Estate for his good Services, they fixed on Easter Monday Night for their rising.-- Letter from a Gentleman at St. Mary, 14 April 1760 <br \/><br \/> "It is believed that the plan was laid for a general insurrection all over the Island by the Corromantee Negroes who are by much the most numerous & resolute; the time fix'd was the Witsun Hollidays but very fortunately the Negroes in St. Marys particularly those upon the Estate that now belongs to Crookshank Mr Bayly's & Mr Ballard Beckfords under the Command of on Tackey a very resolute Fellow broke out in the Easter Hollidays, before the others were quite ripe, owing to Tackeys getting Drunk, & committed sev.l Murders..." --Francis Treble to Caleb Dickinson, 2 June 1760 <br \/><br \/> "Having at Midnight assembled about 90 others, at Mr. Bayly Estate, Trinity (from Esher, Whitehall, Ballard Valley, and other Plantations) they marched to Port Maria" -- Letter from a Gentleman at St. Mary, 14 April 1760",
"STEPS":[
{
"ID":1,
"TYPE":"Conspiracy",
"NAME":"Frontier",
"VALUE":5,
"UNITS":"Rebel conspirators",
"CERTAINTY":1,
"LOC":[
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18.3648,
-76.8852
]
],
"TEXT":"Conspirators on Frontier estate decide to launch the revolt."
},
{
"ID":1,
"TYPE":"Rebels",
"NAME":"Trinity",
"VALUE":100,
"UNITS":"Rebel force",
"CERTAINTY":1,
"LOC":[
[
18.3542,
-76.899
]
],
"TEXT":"Rebels gather at Trinity estate."
}
]
},
"4\/8\/1760":{
"DATE":"April 8, 1760",
"TEXT":"Having at Midnight assembled about 90 others, at Mr. Bayly Estate, Trinity (from Esher, Whitehall, Ballard Valley, and other Plantations) they marched to Port Maria ... Killing the Centinel at the Fort, [they] took from thence four Barrels of Powder, a Keg of Musket Balls, and all the Small Arms in the Fort-- Letter from a Gentleman at St. Mary, 14 April 1760 <br \/><br \/> "Being by this time joined by a number of their countrymen from the neighboring plantations, they marched up the high road that led to the interior parts of the country, carrying death and desolation as they went." --Bryan Edwards, History of the West Indies <br \/><br \/> ""At Day Light they appeared at Ballard Valley, towards whom Mr. Bayly approached, intending to expostulate with them, but firing five Shot at him he retreated, and both he and Mr. Cruikshank narrowly escaped with their Lives; they then fell upon the Overseer, Mr. McPherson, whom they killed, with three other white Men -- --Letter from a Gentleman at St. Mary, 14 April 1760 <br \/><br \/> "At Ballard's Valley they surrounded the overseer's house about four in the morning, in which finding all the White servants in bed, they butchered every one of them in the most savage manner, and literally drank their blood mixed with rum." --Bryan Edwards, History of the West Indies <br \/><br \/> "They went to Esher, and there killed Mr. Norris, the Overseer, a Surveyor, named Castillo, a young Lad, named Gordon, and two other white Men..." --Letter from a Gentleman at St. Mary, 14 April 1760 <br \/><br \/> "[Zachary Bayly] rode round to all the different plantations in the neighborhood, giving them notice of their danger, and sending all the Whites to the place of rendezvous. By this measure he had collected before noon about 130 Whites and trusty Blacks, tolerably armed; whom he then led in pursuit of the rebels." --Bryan Edwards, History of the West Indies <br \/><br \/> "...Thence they marched to Whitehall, where they killed one white Man, and then proceeded to Haywood Hall, where they burnt a Cane Piece, and the Wind Mill, and at Eleven sat down to regale themselves, in the Road to Ballard Valley... Mr. Bayly... attacked them, killed eight, and took four, the rest retreating into the wood, where they rendezvoused." --Letter from a Gentleman at St. Mary's, 14 April 1760" <br \/><br \/> The rebels were "found at Haywood-Hall, roasting an ox by the flames of the buildings, which they had set on fire. The Whites attacked them with great fury, killed eight or nine on the spot, took several of them prisoners, and drove the rest into the woods, where they acted afterwards wholly on the defensive." --Bryan Edwards, History of the West Indies",
"STEPS":[
{
"my ab":"Fixed",
"ID":1,
"TYPE":"Rebels",
"NAME":"Ft. Haldane",
"VALUE":100,
"UNITS":"Rebel force",
"CERTAINTY":1,
"LOC":[
[
18.3542,
-76.899
],
[
18.3776,
-76.8905
]
],
"TEXT":"Rebels march to Fort Haldane, Port Maria"
},
{
"my ab":"Fixed",
"ID":1,
"TYPE":"Clash",
"NAME":"Ft. Haldane",
"VALUE":100,
"UNITS":"Rebel force",
"CERTAINTY":1,
"LOC":[
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18.3776,
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]
],
"TEXT":"Rebels attack Ft. Haldane, killing the sentinel and acquiring arms and ammunition."
},
{
"ID":1,
"TYPE":"Rebels",
"NAME":"Trinity",
"VALUE":100,
"UNITS":"Rebel force",
"CERTAINTY":1,
"LOC":[
[
18.3776,
-76.8905
],
[
18.3542,
-76.899
]
],
"TEXT":"Rebels return to Trinity for more arms and reinforcements"
},
{
"ID":1,
"TYPE":"Rebels",
"NAME":"Ballard's Valley",
"VALUE":400,
"UNITS":"Rebel force",
"CERTAINTY":1,
"LOC":[
[
18.3545,
-76.8976
],
[
18.3521,
-76.8964
],
[
18.3485,
-76.8971
],
[
18.3446,
-76.8964
],
[
18.3402,
-76.8974
],
[
18.3389,
-76.8952
],
[
18.3368,
-76.8933
],
[
18.3368,
-76.8907
],
[
18.3355,
-76.8888
],
[
18.334,
-76.8866
],
[
18.3324,
-76.8844
],
[
18.3291,
-76.8832
],
[
18.326,
-76.8846
],
[
18.3224,
-76.8866
]
],
"TEXT":"Rebels march up the main road to upcountry plantations"
},
{
"ID":1,
"TYPE":"Clash",
"NAME":"Ballard's Valley",
"VALUE":400,
"UNITS":"Rebel force",
"TEXT":"Rebels kill more than twelve whites and about thirty non-whites at Ballard's Valley plantation. ",
"CERTAINTY":1,
"LOC":[
[
18.3223,
-76.8875
]
],
"INFO":"More than 12 whites, 30 non-whites killed"
},
{
"ID":1,
"TYPE":"Rebels",
"NAME":"Esher",
"CERTAINTY":1,
"VALUE":0,
"LOC":[
[
18.3223,
-76.8875
],
[
18.3198,
-76.8859
],
[
18.3164,
-76.8866
],
[
18.3144,
-76.8863
],
[
18.3125,
-76.8888
],
[
18.3105,
-76.8925
],
[
18.306,
-76.8933
],
[
18.2998,
-76.8955
],
[
18.2972,
-76.8991
],
[
18.2937,
-76.9
],
[
18.2908,
-76.8971
],
[
18.289,
-76.8928
],
[
18.2858,
-76.8906
],
[
18.2807,
-76.8906
],
[
18.275,
-76.8882
],
[
18.2709,
-76.8851
],
[
18.2704,
-76.8822
],
[
18.2703,
-76.8773
],
[
18.2722,
-76.8736
],
[
18.2783,
-76.8703
],
[
18.2809,
-76.8675
]
],
"TEXT":"A party of rebels marches from Ballard's Valley to Esher"
},
{
"ID":1,
"TYPE":"Clash",
"NAME":"Esher",
"TEXT":"At Esher, rebels kill the overseer, a surveyor, and three other white men",
"CERTAINTY":1,
"VALUE":0,
"LOC":[
[
18.2809,
-76.8675
]
],
"INFO":"5 whites killed"
},
{
"ID":2,
"TYPE":"Militia",
"NAME":"Ballard's Valley",
"CERTAINTY":0,
"VALUE":0,
"LOC":[
[
18.3223,
-76.8875
]
],
"TEXT":"Zachary Bayly raises the militia from the surrounding estates"
},
{
"ID":1,
"TYPE":"Rebels",
"NAME":"Whitehall",
"VALUE":400,
"UNITS":"Rebel force",
"CERTAINTY":1,
"LOC":[
[
18.2809,
-76.8675
],
[
18.2792,
-76.8694
],
[
18.2766,
-76.872
],
[
18.274,
-76.8736
],
[
18.2708,
-76.8796
],
[
18.2706,
-76.8839
],
[
18.2809,
-76.8906
],
[
18.2885,
-76.8921
],
[
18.2908,
-76.8964
],
[
18.2919,
-76.8995
],
[
18.2952,
-76.8995
],
[
18.2981,
-76.8976
],
[
18.3032,
-76.8937
],
[
18.305,
-76.8882
]
],
"TEXT":"Rebels advance from Esher to Whitehall"
},
{
"my ab":"Fixed",
"ID":1,
"TYPE":"Clash",
"NAME":"Whitehall",
"TEXT":"Rebels kill a white man at Whitehall plantation.",
"CERTAINTY":1,
"VALUE":0,
"LOC":[
[
18.305,
-76.8882
]
],
"INFO":"1 white man killed"
},
{
"ID":1,
"TYPE":"Rebels",
"NAME":"Heywood Hall",
"VALUE":400,
"UNITS":"Rebel force",
"CERTAINTY":1,
"LOC":[
[
18.305,
-76.8882
],
[
18.3063,
-76.8911
],
[
18.3091,
-76.8926
],
[
18.3115,
-76.8907
],
[
18.3131,
-76.8885
],
[
18.3143,
-76.8859
],
[
18.3131,
-76.8822
],
[
18.3122,
-76.8791
],
[
18.3151,
-76.8789
],
[
18.3174,
-76.8785
]
],
"TEXT":"Rebels proceed to Heywood Hall; St. Mary's rebellion reaches its peak"
},
{
"ID":2,
"TYPE":"Militia",
"NAME":"Heywood Hall",
"CERTAINTY":0,
"VALUE":0,
"LOC":[
[
18.3223,
-76.8875
],
[
18.3174,
-76.8785
]
],
"TEXT":"Militia pursues the rebels to Heywood Hall"
},
{
"ID":2,
"TYPE":"Clash",
"NAME":"Heywood Hall",
"TEXT":"Zachary Bayly leads militia counterattack at Heywood Hall ",
"CERTAINTY":1,
"VALUE":0,
"LOC":[
[
18.3174,
-76.8785
]
],
"INFO":"At least 8 rebels killed, 4 captured"
},
{
"ID":1,
"TYPE":"Rebels",
"NAME":"Into the woods",
"VALUE":300,
"UNITS":"Rebel force",
"CERTAINTY":0,
"LOC":[
[
18.3174,
-76.8785
],
[
18.3329,
-76.874
]
],
"TEXT":"Rebels retreat into the surrounding wood"
}
]
},
"4\/9\/1760":{
"DATE":"April 9, 1760",
"TEXT":"Lt Gov. Henry Moore "had ordered a Detachment consisting of three Officers and sixty private Men from his Majesty's 74th Regiment, then Quartered in this Town, to March directly to their Assistance, and to take their Rout by the Road leading to Saint Mary's over Archer's Ridge, and that another Detachment of the same force from his Majesty's 49th Regiment had been ordered from Port Royal to March through Liguania by the Road lately cut from thence to that Parish." --Minutes of the Jamaica Council, 10 April 1760",
"STEPS":[
{
"ID":1,
"TYPE":"Army",
"NAME":"Foot of Guy's Hill",
"TEXT":"Lt. Gov. Henry Moore dispatches detachments of the 74th Regiment from Spanish Town to St. Mary's parish",
"CERTAINTY":0,
"VALUE":0,
"LOC":[
[
17.9961,
-76.9558
],
[
18.3022,
-76.9918
]
],
"INFO":"74th Regiment"
},
{
"ID":2,
"TYPE":"Army",
"NAME":"St. John's Parish",
"TEXT":"Moore dispatches detachments of the 74th Regiment to St.John's parish.",
"CERTAINTY":0,
"VALUE":0,
"LOC":[
[
17.9961,
-76.9558
],
[
18.1474,
-77.1592
]
],
"INFO":"74th Regiment"
},
{
"ID":3,
"TYPE":"Army",
"NAME":"Wagwater",
"TEXT":"Moore dispatches detachments of the 49th Regiment from Port Royal to St. Mary's.",
"CERTAINTY":0,
"VALUE":0,
"LOC":[
[
17.9362,
-76.8382
],
[
18.1961,
-76.8073
]
],
"INFO":"49th Regiment"
},
{
"my ab":"Fixed",
"ID":4,
"TYPE":"Maroons",
"NAME":"Scot's Hall Maroons",
"TEXT":"Moore calls upon the maroons, obliged by the treaty of 1739 to help suppress slave revolts",
"CERTAINTY":1,
"VALUE":0,
"LOC":[
[
18.183,
-76.8286
]
],
"INFO":"Maroons mobilized"
},
{
"ID":5,
"TYPE":"Maroons",
"NAME":"Crawford Town Maroons",
"CERTAINTY":1,
"VALUE":0,
"LOC":[
[
18.1851,
-76.6841
]
],
"TEXT":"Maroons mobilize at Scot's Hall and Crawford Town"
}
]
},
"4\/10\/1760":{
"DATE":"April 10, 1760",
"TEXT":"Moore has sent "Express's to the Commanding Officers of Crawford Town, Nanny town and Scotts Hall with Orders to March immediately with a Company from such places to their Relief." --Minutes of the Jamaica Council, 10 April 1760",
"STEPS":[
{
"ID":6,
"TYPE":"Maroons",
"NAME":"Into the woods",
"TEXT":"Scott's Hall Maroons patrol the woods",
"CERTAINTY":0,
"VALUE":0,
"LOC":[
[
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"4\/11\/1760":{
"DATE":"April 11, 1760",
"TEXT":"Militia from surrounding plantations gather at Ballard's Valley",
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"4\/12\/1760":{
"DATE":"April 12, 1760",
"TEXT":"Captain Rigby, of the Regulars, arrived on Saturday Noon at Downs Cove (where the Rebels had burnt some Houses but three Hours before) and was there joined by Lieutenant Forsyth and his Detachment, by the Crawford Town Negroes, and by Captain Hynes; the latter is a brave Volunteer, who has headed a Party of stout Negroes; here they had Information that the Rebels were very near them, in order to meet with whom they agreed to divide, one Detachment going to Carlton Wood House...<br \/><br \/> "Lieutenant Forsyth staid at [Downs's Cove], where the Rebels came down in the Night, attacked his Party, killed the Centinel of the advanced Guard, and wounded Lieutenant Bevill, and one Man of the 49th. In this Action the Rebels had three killed, and Tacky, their leader, wounded... " <br \/><br \/> "On Saturday Morning, the 12th Captain Hynes, joined by the Crawford Town Negroes, under Messieurs Sweigle and Mosely, went into the Wood, and at Noon came up with the Rebels, who were very advantageously posted, in a rocky gully, between two steep Hills; as soon as they discovered Captain Hynes Party, the ascended one Hill, where they were immediately attacked very briskly for an Hour, defeated and pursued, and had two Men and two Women killed, and two Women and a Child taken, with their Baggage, and one Keg of Powder, and two Guns. Captain Hynes had only two Men wounded, and continued the Pursuit of the Rebels, scouring the Woods to Friendship Estate, where he and Mr. Sweigle, with their parties, staid last Night. They are to go again into the Woods this Morning." --Letter from a Gentleman at St. Mary, 14 April 1760",
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"TEXT":"Rebels withdraw to a position at a rocky gully in the nearby woods"
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"ID":6,
"TYPE":"Maroons",
"NAME":"Gully in the woods",
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"TEXT":"Maroons and militia pursue rebels from Downs's Cove to the rocky gully"
},
{
"ID":6,
"TYPE":"Clash",
"NAME":"Gully in the woods",
"TEXT":"Maroons and mercenary militia Capt. Hynes attacks rebels with a party of armed and loyal slaves",
"CERTAINTY":1,
"VALUE":0,
"LOC":[
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"INFO":"Maroons and militia kill 4, capture 3 rebels"
}
]
},
"4\/13\/1760":{
"DATE":"April 13, 1760",
"TEXT":"Maroons pursue rebels through the woods near Friendship estate",
"STEPS":[
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"NAME":"Woods near Friendship",
"TEXT":"Units of the 74th regiment take a position at Nonsuch estate",
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"my ab":"Fixed",
"ID":3,
"TYPE":"Army",
"NAME":"Nonsuch",
"TEXT":"British forces patrol the woods for rebels",
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"my ab":"Fixed",
"ID":5,
"TYPE":"Army",
"NAME":"Edge of the woods",
"TEXT":null,
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"4\/14\/1760":{
"DATE":"April 14, 1760",
"TEXT":"On Wednesday Morning an Express arrived, informing that the Regulars having lined the Outside of the Wood where the Rebels were posted, Mr. Charles Sweigle and his Party, joined by the other parties from the free Negroe Towns, went into the Woods on Monday Morning, and came up with the Rebels about Eleven o'Clock, in a rocky Valley, whom they attacked with great Impetuosity, totally routed them, killed their Leaders, Tacky and Jamaica, and took all their Baggage and Stores, with four Half Barrels of gunpowder. Seventeen Pair of Ears are brought in, and so many taken Prisoners, that is believed not above eleven escaped in Flight: These are now Pursued by Trelawny Town Negroes.Letter from a Gentleman at St. Mary, 14 April 1760 <br \/><br \/> "The maroons of Scots-Hall, having got sight of their main body, forced them to an engagement; the rebels soon gave way, and Tacky, their leader, having separated from the rest, was closely pursued by lieut. Davy of the Marons, who fired at him whilst they were both running a full speed, and shot him dead." Edward Long, History of Jamaica (1774) <br \/><br \/> ",
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"TEXT":"Maroons pursue rebels to a rocky valley in the woods"
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"TYPE":"Militia",
"NAME":"Rocky valley",
"TEXT":"Militia pursue rebels to the rocky valley",
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"TYPE":"Clash",
"NAME":"Rocky valley",
"TEXT":"Pitched battle in a rocky valley upriver from Downs's Cove. Rebel leaders Tacky and Jamaica killed",
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"INFO":"Rebels attacked by units of the 49th and 74th regiments, Crawford Town, Trelawney Town, and Scott Hall Maroons, and militia; 20 rebels killed, 200 captured"
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"TYPE":"Rebels",
"NAME":"Into the woods",
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"4\/15\/1760":{
"DATE":"April 15, 1760",
"TEXT":"On Tuesday Evening a young Man was shot at, as he passed by some Negro Huts, in Kingston, Savannah; which informing the Guard of, a File of Men immediately marched thither, when several Negroes jumped over the Fence, and made their Escape: One, however, was seized, and, on searching his Hut, was found a Sword of an extraordinary Size and Weight, the Hilt covered with black Velvet, and studded with Brass nails, and under the Velvet a Parrotred Feather; which, it seems, is with the Coromantees, the Banner of War. This Sword, we are assured, as been seen at Spring Path the three Sundays last past: And it has been observed, that the Coromantee Negroes, about Kingston, have been very audacious since the Account came of the Insurrection in St. Mary's. --Letter from Kingston, 19 April 1760, Pennsylvania Gazette",
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"TYPE":"Conspiracy",
"NAME":"Kingston",
"VALUE":5,
"UNITS":"Rebel conspirators",
"TEXT":"Reported conspiracy in Kingston",
"CERTAINTY":1,
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"INFO":"1 captured"
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"4\/17\/1760":{
"DATE":"April 17, 1760",
"TEXT":"Upon [Lt. Gov. Moore's] application to Vice Admiral Cotes for a Vessell to carry round Stores and Provision for the great number of People which were then Assembled in the parish of Saint Mary on Account of this unhappy event, the Admiral had immediately fitted and manned a small vessel which he vicutaled from his own Ship for the greater expedition, and sent her round to Anotto Bay on the North side of the Island, and that his Majesty's Ship Lively had since been sent round with a fresh supply of Provisions and Warlike stores, and that the Admiral had wrote word to the Lieutenant Governor that another of his majesty's Ships should be kept ready to sail at a moments warning, and that if it should be necessary to order all the Troops from Port Royal into the heart of the Country, the marines from on board his Majestys Ship Marlborough should be landed at Port Royal and do Duty there.--Minutes of the Jamaica Council, 17 April 1760",
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"NAME":"Pt. Royal Harbor to Pt. Maria Bay via Morant Point",
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