Breffu
Sign in to saveBreffu (possibly derived from Twi, Baffour) was an Akwamu leader of the 1733 slave insurrection on St. John (then known as St. Jan) in Danish West Indies. She killed herself with 23 other rebels to evade capture as the rebellion weakened in 1734.
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Vinony files it under 1734 deaths, 18th-century slaves and 18th-century suicides.
Its subject is documented across 6 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Place of birth
- Akwamu
- Place of death
- Saint John
- Significant event
- 1733 slave insurrection on St. John
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- St Jan Slave Insurrection
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Breffu (possibly derived from Twi, Baffour) was an Akwamu leader of the 1733 slave insurrection on St. John (then known as St. Jan) in Danish West Indies. She killed herself with 23 other rebels to evade capture as the rebellion weakened in 1734.
==St Jan Slave Insurrection== Breffu was enslaved at a plantation owned by Pieter Krøyer and lived in Coral Bay. On 23 November 1733, hearing the signal of a cannon fired from Fort Fredericksvaern, Breffu entered the main house and killed both Krøyer and his wife. Taking all gunpowder and ammunition, and accompanied by fellow slave Christian, Breffu then proceeded to the Van Stell family house, where she killed three members of the plantation owner's family.
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