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planters. His plans were ignored, and van
Hoogenheim requested an honourable discharge which was granted on 20 September 1764, but without a favorable recommendation. He tried to be reimbursed for his possessions which he lost during the rebellion, however the Society only reimbursed half. He retired jobless to
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The uprising lead to a steep population decline, abandonment and destruction of many plantations, and serious financial problems for the
Society of Berbice. At the end of 1763, van Hoogenheim started work on a rehabilitation plan which included better forts, 400 soldiers and financial support for the
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for military assistance. In April 1763, Coffy started peace negotiations suggesting to split
Berbice into a European and an African part. The Governor replied that Amsterdam should make the decision, and that it could take three to four months, thus buying time for the reinforcements to arrive. On 1
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Gouverneur van de Negers van de Berbice en Capitein Accara laat U Ed. Groet, laat U Ed. weet dat geen Oorlog zoek, maar als UEd. zoek Oorlog de Negers zyn ook klaar.(...) de Gouverneur sal U Ed. geefe de half Berbice en zy luye zal almaal na boven gaan, maar moet niet denke dat de Negers weer
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Coffy, Governor of the
Negroes of Berbice, and Captain Akara send greetings and inform Your Excellency that they seek no war; but if Your Excellency wants war, the Negroes are likewise ready (...) The Governor will give Your Excellency one half of Berbice, and all the Negroes will go high up the
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When van
Hoogenheim arrived in Berbice, the colony was suffering from an epidemic, and food shortage. Van Hoogenheim requested that emergency rations to be sent to the colony. On 25 December 1760, his wife died after giving birth to a
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January 1764, six ships arrived, providing the starting signal for expeditions against the rebel slaves. The insurgents were being defeated, and the last rebel was captured on 15 April 1764.
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Hoogenheim was born in the East of the Netherlands. At the age of 15, he enlisted in the army to become an officer. By 1760, he had reached the rank of
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river, but don't think they will remain slaves. Those
Negroes that Your Excellency has on the ships - they can remain slaves.
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Geschiedenis van de koloniën
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who was in charge of the reconquest of Berbice. Von Brunswick-WolfenbĂĽttel reinstated van Hoogenheim in the army as a
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Thompson, Alvin O., "The Berbice Revolt 1763-64", in Winston F. McGowan, James G. Rose and David A. Granger (eds),
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of Suriname attacked, and killed them. On 27 February 1763, a revolt took place on plantation Hollandia on the
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overruled the governor, and ordered that Fort Nassau be abandoned and destroyed. The colonists retreated to
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on 6 April 1767. He retired in 1787, and died in Vleuten on 2 April 1794.
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