Assistant Professor of Africana Studies Nigel Westmaas presented a paper at a Guyana conference to mark the 250th anniversary of the 1763 Guyana revolution where slaves rose up and controlled the territory of Berbice for more than a year against Dutch colonists. The paper was titled “Comparing Berbice (1763) and the Haitian (1791-1804) Slave Rebellions: Context, Course and Outcomes."
In the long history of slave revolts in the western hemisphere Berbice was the only example of a slave revolt (apart from Haiti's successful revolution) that held out for this time period. The June 29 conference was sponsored by the Guyana Institute of Historical Research.
Posted July 10, 2013
