“Our citizens appear to be again at ease”, 1811

The negroes are now completely subdued;—eighty or a hundred prisoners have been taken; twenty or thirty, perhaps, have been shot, and it is presumed that but few of those who have been taken will be acquitted; condemnations, and execution by hanging and beheading, are going on daily; our citizens appear to be again at ease; and in short, tranquility is in a fair way of being again established.

“Our citizens appear to be again at ease” 1811

Commodore John Shaw was one of the officers charged with combating the German Coast Uprising. He reports here that the slaves were quickly subdued. Casualties from the uprising included 2 white men. Approximately 95 slaves were shot during the battle or executed after trial.

National Archives, Naval Records Collection of the Office of Naval Records and Library