[crest] DIEU ET MON DROIT |
Head-Quarters, Montego-Bay, |
St. James's, Jan. 2,
1832. |
TO |
THE REBELLIOUS |
SLAVES. |
| NEGROES, |
| YOU have taken up arms against your Masters,
and have burnt and plundered their Houses and Buildings. Some
wicked persons have told you that the King has made you free,
and that your Masters withhold your freedom from you. In the
name of the King, I come amongst you, to tell you that you are
misled. I bring with me numerous Forces to punish the guilty,
and all who are found with the Rebels will be put to death,
without Mercy. You cannot resist the King's Troops. Surrender
yourselves, and beg that your crime may be pardoned. All who
yield themselves up at any Military Post immediately,
provided they are not the principals and chiefs in the burnings
that have been committed, will receive His Majesty's gracious
pardon. All who hold out, will meet with certain death. |
WILLOUGHBY COTTON, |
Maj. General Command[in]g. |
GOD SAVE THE KING. |
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