Revolt on plantation Hollandia near Lilienburg
- When
- 27 February 1763
- Where
- Plantation Hollandia, Berbice River, near Lilienburg
On 27 February 1763 a revolt broke out on Hollandia plantation, where Cuffy was enslaved and worked as a cooper.
On 27 February 1763, a revolt took place on plantation Hollandia on the Berbice River next to Lilienburg, where Cuffy was an enslaved man working as a cooper. Cuffy, an African Akan man born in the Dutch Gold Coast before being trafficked and enslaved, lived in Lilienburg as a house-slave for a cooper. This second outbreak, four days after Magdalenenberg, is the date commonly given for the beginning of the rebellion, which lasted to April 1764.
Sources
- Berbice Rebellion Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-16
- Cuffy Wikipedia, revision of 2026-07-28
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