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The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle
Portsmouth, Greenland, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Extract from a Barbados letter reports a new slave insurrection at Mr. Fowke's Perry-Wood estate in Bloody-bay, where enslaved people killed a manager and servant, fled to mountains after wounding two whites in a skirmish, and left ammunition behind; suspected led by prior revolt's ringleader.
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Extract of a Letter from Barbados, June 21.
I am sorry to acquaint you that there arrived yesterday, an account of a new insurrection at the estate of Mr. Fowke, a gentleman of Barbados; the Negroes have destroyed a Manager and his servant; the estate is called Perry-Wood, and situated in Bloody-bay. A party of volunteers and soldiers went against the Negroes, who fled towards the mountains, where they made a stand and gave one fire by which they wounded a volunteer and Mr. Alexander Campbell, very dangerously; they were fired upon in return by the soldiers, &c. which occasioned their throwing themselves precipitately down a steep hill; it is imagined the white party wounded many of the Negroes very desperately, as they were extremely near when they fired; they left behind them a good deal of ammunition which they had taken from the estate. It is supposed the ring-leader of the former insurrection is at the head of this as he is not yet taken.
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Bloody Bay, Barbados
Event Date
June 21
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manager and servant killed by negroes; volunteer and mr. alexander campbell wounded dangerously; many negroes wounded desperately; negroes fled, left ammunition.
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New insurrection at Perry-Wood estate; Negroes destroyed Manager and servant; volunteers and soldiers pursued, Negroes fled to mountains, fired wounding volunteer and Mr. Campbell; soldiers fired back, Negroes threw themselves down hill; suspected led by former ring-leader.