Historedia
Person

Cuffy

Events
1
Episodes
4
Years
1763

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Cuffy, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Start of the Berbice Slave Uprising

    1763

    Role: Principal rebel leader, an enslaved Akan (Coromantin) cooper on plantation Hollandia/Lilienburg

    1. 1763 · Berbice River corridor toward Fort NassauRebellion spreads toward Fort Nassau

      The rebellion reached the Berbice River and advanced steadily toward the capital Fort Nassau as the governor sent military assistance.

    2. 23 February 1763 · Plantation Magdalenenberg, Canje River, BerbiceRebellion begins on plantation Magdalenenberg

      Enslaved people on the Canje River plantation rebelled on 23 February 1763 against harsh and inhumane treatment.

    3. 27 February 1763 · Plantation Hollandia, Berbice River, near LilienburgRevolt on plantation Hollandia near Lilienburg

      On 27 February 1763 a revolt broke out on Hollandia plantation, where Cuffy was enslaved and worked as a cooper.

    4. 2 April 1763 · Berbice colony, correspondence with Governor van HoogenheimCuffy proposes partition of Berbice

      On 2 April 1763 Cuffy wrote to Governor van Hoogenheim proposing partition of the colony rather than continued war.

Sources

  1. Berbice Rebellion Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-16
  2. Cuffy Wikipedia, revision of 2026-07-28