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27 DECEMBER
SLAVES IN JAMAICA REFUSE TO WORK FOR THEIR BRITISH SLAVE MASTERS. 27 December 1831 – a widespread slave strike occurred in the British administered island of Jamaica. A severe drought during the summer had brought increased hardship for the slave population which was compounded by the ruthlessness of the plantation owners, who insisted on their…
13 AUGUST
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1 MAY
DISBELIEF AMONG TROOPS THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE TO DIE FOR FALKLAND ISLANDS [ 1 May 1982 ] Labour MP Tony Benn published a letter, although withholding the name, from the fiancee of a marine on the British task force which had been sent to seize the remote Falkland Islands, with a tiny population of some…
23 JANUARY
HUNDREDS OF WOUNDED ZULU WARRIORS SLAUGHTERED AT RORKE’S DRIFT [ 23 January 1879 ] On this day in 1879 hundreds of Zulu warriors, injured during the battle at Rorke’s Drift the previous day, were murdered by victorious British troops. Please feel welcome to post comments below. If you have any questions please email alisdare@gmail.com © 2019 Alisdare…
10 JUNE
FORTY INDIAN MUTINEERS BLOWN FROM GUNS [ 10 June 1857 ] On this day in 1857, Herbert Edwardes, the British political officer at Peshawar, ordered forty captured Indian mutineers to be blown from guns, a method of execution in which the victim was tied to the mouth of a cannon which was then fired. As…
4 NOVEMBER
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