Rebellion on plantation called "Switzerland

(probably the plantation "l'Helvetia" mentioned in St. Galler Familien als SklavInnen-BesitzerInnen)

1733 in Berbice(Guyana): rebellion on plantations in the Canje River. Rebels escaped to Suriname and joined existing rebel forces. Rebellions were suppressed on the Peterhoff Plantation and Plantation Switzerland that same year.

[aus der Website der Living Easton Community History, Introduction to Local History : http://www.cems.uwe.ac.uk/~rstephen/livingeaston/local_history/slavery.html]