Norwich bulletin., 1921-09-23
ODD INCIDENTS IN AMERfCAR
 HISTORY
THE zAMBAe PLof

The years 172S and 1730 were exciting periods in the history of the Colony of Louisiana. The massacre of the French at Fort Rosalie, by the Natchez Indians already had thrown the coionfsts into confusion and in 173e an additional 1 source Of alarm arose in the little city of New Orleans by the discovery of a plot among the slaves, which had for 1 it's purpose, as was shown by develop ments. the destruction Of the French settlers and the occupation of their lands. 1 At the head of this plot was a native 1 African. who appears to have possessed l more than the ordinary intelligence of his 1 race, whose name was Zamba. He per | formed the duty of overseer at the Kings plantation formerly called fle Com pany7s plantation, situated opposite New l Orleans, which is now the town of AL giers.
 There was luil in the warfare against the Natchez Indians, and the authorities of the colony were awaiting the arrival ] from France of the endorsements in troops, which had been solicited by the India company's agents in Louisiana It | was in the interval that zanlba con ceiyed the idea of his plot The active agent in the discovery of this plot was M. Le Page, the manager of the Kings plantation.
 Among the laborers in the brfclzyar connected with the plantation was a col ored woman. soldier of the garrison in New Orleans got. into controversy with her, and for her impotence slap ped her. SInarting under the blow she exclaimed in her anger: You strike ne now, but you FreAchrnen won't beat 1 the coiored people long
 , The wohaan was arrested and impris- | fa hat Sf7a , meant by the threat. Thereupen Le Page : l asked permission of the governor to undertake the task to discover if there was a plot, and if SC to nip it in the bud
 : The same night of the request. when ) the plantation hands were asleep Le Page accompanied by a lad, one of his servants 2 sought their quarters and went quietly , from cabin to cabin until they reached
 one ia which fire was burning In this cabin was Zamba, with two companions one Of whom was the second overseer l. They were conversing over the details . of the projected enterprise, and wert 7 cautioning each other not to make theil [ plans known until within two or three s days of the contemplated uprising. s Before the conference broke up M L, = Page had heard enough to know tha
 
 , cret. and when the pFotters separated i
 was with the promise to meet at tn,
 same place at the same hour the mex
 night
 The next morning I1e Page wrote to M
 Perier. the Coionia. governor, inferrnin; y him of his [dil2overy and suggestinj - that the eight men be arrested promptly
 That same night the manager was agai
 at his pest. On this occasion the 1ittl a cabin was quite crowded, as the entir f eight were gathered there. That nigh
 Le Page arranged with his French over
 seer for the arrest separately. on tn
 next day, of the eight elilpfits He in e i structed him to distribute the planta Is ton hands in six different locaItie
 about the place, assigning to each de
 tachment one of the plotters, who's ID name was given to the overseer togetf e CT with the gang to which he was t
 be assigned.
 The plan formulated by Le, Page work of ed most successfully, and So careful m had all the details been worked out tira
 none of the population knew of the al
 rest of the leaders until they were a 4 rounded up and securely fnanacied TT
 next day they were put to the tortla1 U. of what was called the nneches afdentt :! to extert from them confession Tn
 was not fruitful except in the case es Zannba, who made a clean breast of th tn plot in all the ranifcations. ss Thereupon sentence was passed uoo
 all eight eonsprators. The men we,
 condemned to be broken on tfs whee h. and the woman was sentenced to I yh hanged in their presence They were ., sn ecuted in the public square of the cit -p afterwards called the Place dArrne
 and now Known as Jackson Suaar
 where. in the colonial days, all the e, w cautions took place. With their dea, Of the alarm and perturbation Of spirit th: 10 the plot had caused passed away. or detailed story of this plot and It's o,,
 come is to be found in Martins Bt
 tory of Louisiana, which further not he that after the men had been broken ( Ia the wheel their heads were placed ' :, posts at the upper and lower end Of Il city and this timely severity prevent, pc any further mischief
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