March 22 1816 Igbo-Jamaican Black River Slave Rebellion Plot Discovered King of The Igbos & 1000 Armed Igbo & African Maroons

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March 22 1816 Igbo-Jamaican Black River Slave Rebellion Plot Discovered King of The Igbos & 1000 Armed Igbo & African Maroons

The Black River Region of western Jamaica as many as a thousand Igbo & other African Ethnic groups plotted a general insurrection and elected King of Igbo  ( Eboes ) and two captains over 300 hundred Enslaved Africans swore blood oaths to join the rebellion but the plot was discovered! The king of the Igbo ( Eboes ) and of one of the captains were capture...