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Pointe Coupée Slave Conspiracy of 1791

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The militia posted guards on roads throughout the area and dispatched troops to capture the conspirators. In total, 17 enslaved men, including Jacó, were arrested and sent to New Orleans for trial. Their trial began in March 1792, but the Spanish colonial officials lacked interpreters necessary for
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The conspirators planned to launch the attack on the night of July 7, 1791, but poor weather and the need to gather Mina from other plantations in Pointe Coupée delayed the uprising until July 9. With the delay, Jacó attempted to enlist additional supporters, including an enslaved man named Dique.
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Dique was hesitant to join the conspiracy and confided in Venus, who like him was Ado, not Mina. Venus did not trust the Mina and reported the plans to her slave holder, Georges Oliveau, who in turn passed word to an officer of the local militia.
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and free themselves, gathering pickaxes, knives, and other weapons to mount an attack on a storekeeper who could be raided for guns, gunpowder, shot, and other weapons. The only two non-Mina people involved were Cæsar, from
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the witnesses and defendants who spoke only French or Creole. By June 1794, 16 of the conspirators (one had drowned himself before reaching New Orleans), were returned to the plantations where they were enslaved.
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ordered slave holders to control people in bondage in a more "humane" manner, as well as to provide better food and clothing. However, these efforts were not enough to avoid the
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Richard Jr., Ulysses S. (1992). "The Pointe Coupée Slave Conspiracy of 1791".
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for Mina men. During the gathering, a plan was made for the Mina to
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Index

a series
North American slave revolts

Haitian Revolution
Auguste Raffet
Ernest Hébert
Atlantic slave trade
Maroons
Slavery among indigenous peoples
Slavery in Canada
Cuba
Haiti
Latin America
Bahamas
New France
New Spain
British and French Caribbean
British Virgin Islands
United States
colonial US
Santo Domingo Slave Revolt
Santo Domingo
San Miguel de Gualdape
Spanish Florida
Bayano Wars
Real Audiencia of Panama
New Spain
Gaspar Yanga
Veracruz
New Spain

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