Source 4a

Letter from Colonel Edward Codd to James Leith, his report of the insurrection, 25th April 1816. (CO 28/85)

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I cannot however conclude this report to your Excellency without observing that from the many enquiries, which I have made of the slaves in general, as well as from the evidence and confession of those who have been taken prisoners, it is fully ascertained that the chief cause to which this unfortunate calamity is to be attributed to the general opinion, which has...

Glossary

calamity: disaster