Berbice: a slave rebellion that nearly succeeded
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What Happened Next for M Cofe?
The dutch are also aided by the fact that native americans living in the area come to the aid of the dutch. And so i think it's really this lack of allies that ultimately spellsto the death now for the rebellion. There is no one in the 17 sixties who is eager to see the dutch defeated. And so there is no one to help. That makes yeu mongus different because they close off the colony, so that when it becomes clearer that the rebels can't win, they can't escape either.
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