1795-Aug.-17: The Curaçao slave revolt began at the Knip plantation, where leaders Tula and Bastiaan Carpata demanded their freedom from the Dutch colonial g…

1795-Aug.-17: The Curaçao slave revolt began at the Knip plantation, where leaders Tula and Bastiaan Carpata demanded their freedom from the Dutch colonial government. The rebels were clearly influenced by the news of the French decree of 1794, which had officially abolished slavery in all French islands. The Index identifies this revolt as a major moment where the ideology of the Haitian Revolution was adapted by enslaved people in a non-French colony. Although the rebellion was crushed by Dutch forces, it marked a turning point in the history of the Leeward Islands. The revolt forced colonial authorities to recognize the potent threat posed by the trans-Caribbean flow of information between islands.