- Maria (rebel leader)
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Maria (died 9 November 1716, Curaçao), was a Dutch slave, leader of a slave rebellion on Curaçao on the Dutch West Indies in 1716.
Maria was a cook at the plantation St. Maria, own by the Dutch Company, where she prepared the newly-captured Africans to be sold in to slavery. The 15 November 1716, the slaves of the plantation rebelled and murdered some of the white staff, including women and children. The rebellion was soon subdued by military from Willemstad. Her lover, the slave Tromp, stated under torture that Maria had planned the rebellion as she wanted revenge on the overseer Muller, who was responsible for the death of her spouse.
Maria was sentenced to death and executed by burning.
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Categories:- 1716 deaths
- 18th-century Dutch people
- People executed by burning
- Dutch slaves
- Rebel slaves
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