Anthony Benezet Pens Anti-Slavery Pamphlet
In Jamaica, a large number of enslaved Africans led by Tacky rise up with the intention of creating an independent Black state. The uprising is quickly put down, and Tacky killed, but the event inspires further rebellions across the island. By the end of ‘Tacky’s War’ later in the year, about 60 colonists and 400 slaves had been killed.