A Wolof couple began the first recorded slave revolt in the Americas on this date in 1521 on the Hispaniola plantation of Christopher Columbus’s son Diego. For 10 points each:
[10m] Identify this date that alternately names the Baptist War led by deacon Samuel Sharpe in Jamaica.
ANSWER: Christmas Day [or December 25 or 12/25; accept Christmas Rebellion or Christmas Uprising]
[10e] The younger Columbus succeeded, as Governor of the Indies, Nicolás de Ovando, who is better known for pacifying these people native to the island via the Jaragua Massacre during a staged celebration of peace.
ANSWER: Taíno [or Arawak]
[10h] This enslaved Fante chief led a revolt beginning on Easter that morphed into a widespread Coromantee uprising before he was killed by the Maroon Captain Davy. He is the subject of Harvard Professor Vincent Brown’s 2020 book about that “Atlantic Slave War.”
ANSWER: Tacky [accept Tacky’s Rebellion or Tacky’s War]
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