The Berbice Rebellion in Guyana

In 1763, in what is now known as Guyana, enslaved African came closer than ever before to overthrowing slavery and establishing their own state. The remarkable story of the rebellion in Berbice is told vividly by Marjoleine Kars in Blood on the River: A Chronicle of Mutiny and Freedom on the Wild Coast. Berbice, currently a part of the Republic of Guyana, was a Dutch colony since the early seventeenth century. Dutch traders had originally come to barter with the Amerindian population, but later established plantations for the production of sugar and coffee. The colony was relatively small in size (in 1763 there were only 350-400 Europeans and 4,000-5,000 enslaved people who lived on 135 plantations) but played an important part in the history of Dutch colonialism because of the revolt in 1763.
In her book, Kars shows how the revolt had been brewing for a while. The extreme labor conditions, tropical diseases, food shortages and planter brutality resulted in a failed attempt at rebellion in 1762.

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Thank you for this video. I enjoyed listening to your conversation. I will look for this book which sounds fascinating and very important in the history of Guyana and for history in general.

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This is very informative towards my search for Guyanese history.

[@randypaul8752]

Great book!! A must read for any freedom fighter

[@80antonc]

I 100% agree that through the Caribbean the local government needs more political and economic autonomy. Removing some of the power away from central government.

[@OloruntomiIrhodia]

It's time that the info of how our people fight back, this will encourage and empowered our people to awaken our people's mind to re-beleive themselves of being able to stand up to fight no matter what.

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Oppression is fraught with division as exploitation does, However the golden rule of unity is where the secret lies and it is to be understood as it is much more valuable than all the gold of the world

[@gravityboy79]

Im trying to watch the whole but y'all's say slave too many times! We resist slavery bcuz we are native American. We are not slaves brought from blah. We are not slaves revolt & we should not let them write history this way!