page_title: Curaçao Slave Revolt of 1795
section_title: Consequences
hierarchical_section_title: Curaçao Slave Revolt of 1795 / Consequences
caption_attribution_description: Nederlands: Dit is het schilderij (Executie van Tula) met illustratie van hoe Tula en zijn dappere strijders gemarteld en geëxecuteerd werden op het strand van Rif te Willemstad (Curaçao). Eerst werd het radbraken toegepast en vervolgens werden ze in het aangezicht geblakerd en daarna onthoofd en aan het eind werden hun lichamen in kleine stukken gehakt en in zee gegooid als visvoer. Dit waren gruwelijke martelmethodes uit de middeleeuwen vanuit Europa.
context_page_description: A slave revolt took place in the Dutch colony of Curaçao in 1795, led by Tula, a local slave, and resulted in a month-long conflict on the island between escapees and the colonial government.
context_section_description: The rebels began a guerrilla campaign, poisoning wells and stealing food. On September 19, Tula and Karpata were betrayed by a slave. They were taken prisoner, and the war was effectively over. (Louis Mercier had already been caught at Knip.) After Tula was captured, he was publicly tortured to death on October 3, 1795, almost seven weeks after the revolt began. Karpata, Louis Mercier and Pedro Wakao were also executed. In addition, many slaves had been massacred in the earlier repression. After the revolt had been crushed the white Curaçao government formulated rules that provided some rights to slaves on the island.
caption: Modern artist impression of the execution of Tula
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