Both rebellions fought against the ill treatment of slaves on many plantations in Berbice and Demerara, but each had distinctive features that proved their short term success. One difference between the rebellions is that the Berbice 1763 Rebellion lasted for an entire year while the Demerara only lasted two days. Even though the 1823 Demerara slave rebellion estimated between 11,000 to 12,000 slaves from about fifty-five plantations participated in the revolt this did not aid in their success ( ). Instead of truly focusing on strategy that would help in creating a free nation like the Demerara followers wanted, they instead diverted from the violent path. They knew that they had ample opportunity during the first two days of the revolt to
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Cuffy sent eight letters to the Governor that were written by captive Europeans and other educated Africans whom he grew to trust over the months of organizing the uprising. He identified the cruelty experiences amongst him and his fellow slaves, and the reasons for the revolution. Even though some were killed in minor invasions that occurred, Cuffy demonstrated the capacity for planning, administration, negotiation and for subtlety in recognizing that the institutions to support warfare must be in place in order for this movement to succeed. Still going back and forth with Van Hoogenheim, Cuffy was doing anything in his power devise a strategy to capture one of the Dutch's’ canon ship. After fighting for almost seven months, Cuffy’s followers slowly divided and some decided to become free in different ways than Cuffy encouraged. They did not believe that he could be so capable of doing such and so Cuffy tried to negotiate a Peace Treaty with Governor Van Hoogenheim. He stated that he did not war, but only a free nation for his people; he did not want violence and no more bloodshed, he simply wanted a conversation ( ). While Cuffy often waiting to hear back from Governor about whether or not the treaty would be accepted by the Dutch this in return gave Van Hoogenheim enough time to get as much help as needed to overtake Cuffy and his many troops that patrolled the plantations. With Cuffy’s eagerness to wait for the news allowed a chance of weakness and by the time Cuffy and his troops heard that Van Hoogenheim had brought both Dutch and British ships for battle, it was too late. Without a cohesive following Cuffy lost his biggest and final battle after 11 months of fighting for freedom. On the other hand, Quamina and Jack
Cuffy sent eight letters to the Governor that were written by captive Europeans and other educated Africans whom he grew to trust over the months of organizing the uprising. He identified the cruelty experiences amongst him and his fellow slaves, and the reasons for the revolution. Even though some were killed in minor invasions that occurred, Cuffy demonstrated the capacity for planning, administration, negotiation and for subtlety in recognizing that the institutions to support warfare must be in place in order for this movement to succeed. Still going back and forth with Van Hoogenheim, Cuffy was doing anything in his power devise a strategy to capture one of the Dutch's’ canon ship. After fighting for almost seven months, Cuffy’s followers slowly divided and some decided to become free in different ways than Cuffy encouraged. They did not believe that he could be so capable of doing such and so Cuffy tried to negotiate a Peace Treaty with Governor Van Hoogenheim. He stated that he did not war, but only a free nation for his people; he did not want violence and no more bloodshed, he simply wanted a conversation ( ). While Cuffy often waiting to hear back from Governor about whether or not the treaty would be accepted by the Dutch this in return gave Van Hoogenheim enough time to get as much help as needed to overtake Cuffy and his many troops that patrolled the plantations. With Cuffy’s eagerness to wait for the news allowed a chance of weakness and by the time Cuffy and his troops heard that Van Hoogenheim had brought both Dutch and British ships for battle, it was too late. Without a cohesive following Cuffy lost his biggest and final battle after 11 months of fighting for freedom. On the other hand, Quamina and Jack