Slave rebellion at the Cape led by Louis of Mauritius. Over 300 slaves and Khoi Khoi servants from outlying farms marched on Cape Town demanding their freedom
… and the Caribbean, as well as the recent abolition of the slave trade on the high seas. News of these events inspired the ethnically mixed band of conspirators: a slave tailor by the name of Louis of Mauritius, two Irishmen, James Hooper and Michael Kelly; another slave, Jeptha of Batavia, two more slaves Abraham and Adonis. …