fernanbouc

Updated: August 26, 2026

The Great Palmares was nearly destroyed by the Hollanders, in 1644; but at the close of the war, the slaves in the neighborhood of Fernanbouc, resolved to form an establishment, which would secure their freedom. Like the old Romans, they obtained wives by making incursions upon their neighbors, and carrying off the women.

Lydia Maria Francis Child - An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans