Tacky's War was the most significant slave uprising in the Caribbean between the 1733 slave insurrection on St. Led by Akan people (then referred to as Coromantee but originally from around Kromantsie in the Central Region of Ghana) - tribes including Ashanti, Fanti, Nzema and Akyem, - it was loosely led by a Fanti royal and warlord called Tacky (Takyi) in eastern Jamaica, and Dahomean war chief or coastal headman Apongo in the western end of the island. Tacky's War, Tacky's Revolt, or Tacky's Rebellion was a widespread slave rebellion in the British Colony of Jamaica in the 1760s. Superintendent Charles Swigle, Charles Town MaroonsĤ00 black slaves in St Mary, 700 in western Jamaica, Enslaved "Coromantee" people - likely of Ashanti, Fante and Akyem origin
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