1791–1792 (Fall/Winter): The black revolution in Saint-Domingue significantly energized the communication networks of the enslaved across Jamaica, inspiring…

1791–1792 (Fall/Winter): The black revolution in Saint-Domingue significantly energized the communication networks of the enslaved across Jamaica, inspiring enslaved people to share news of the rebellion. Mobile people who had escaped slavery, such as a man named Brutus, reportedly played a hidden but vital role in transmitting this information from plantation to plantation. Brutus was associated with a settlement known as Brutus Town, one of several communities of people who had escaped in the “cockpit country” that captured the imagination of the enslaved population. The existence of these settlements provided both a physical refuge and a psychological beacon for those seeking to escape the plantation system.