A Cartographic Narrative–The 1760-1761 Slave Revolt in Jamaica
▻http://africasacountry.com/2015/12/slave-revolt-in-jamaica-1760-1761-a-cartographic-narrative
In my opinion, spatial analysis represents one of the most compelling new modes of storytelling provided by the digital turn. David Bodenhamer noted the value of spatial analysis in an interview for.....
La carte interactive plutôt très bien faite qui retrace l’histoire des révoltes d’esclaves à la Jamaïque au XVIIIe siècle
via @freakonometrics que je remercie grandement
Jamaican Slave Revolt
►http://revolt.axismaps.com/map
These circumstances show the great extent of the conspiracy, the strict correspondence which had been carried on by the Coromantins in every quarter of the island, and their almost incredible secrecy in the forming of their plan of insurrection; for it appeared in evidence, that the first eruption in St. Mary’s, was a matter preconcerted, and known to all the chief men in the different districts; and the secret was probably confided to some hundreds, for several months before the blow was struck.—Planter and historian Edward Long, History of Jamaica (1774)
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