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Rebellious Slaves

Catalogue Reference:(PRO) CO 137/181

A document from the great slave rebellion of 1831-2 in Jamaica. Although the rebellion was brutally suppressed it drew attention to the issue of slavery and in 1834 slavery was abolished.

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