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December 15, 2012

slave rebellon

Scenes of slave rebellion. Planters in Antigua knew that, in the event of a general rising, the slaves' only hope would be to exterminate the white population and attempt to turn the entire island into a fortress, holding it against the inevitable counter-attack.



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