Pedro Wacao
Pedro Wacao was a lieutenant of Tula and one of the four principal commanders of the Curaçao Slave Revolt of 1795, the largest uprising in the island's history. On August 17, 1795, more than fifty enslaved people at the Knip plantation refused to work and marched under his and Tula's leadership, gathering hundreds of insurgents as they moved plantation by plantation across Bandabou demanding liberty and equality. Wacao personally led the seizure of estates and recruited freed Black allies to the cause. Captured on September 21 at the Sint Jan plantation and tortured, he refused to betray his comrades and was executed by the Dutch colonial authorities that autumn.
“We demand nothing but our freedom.”
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Pedro Wacao
Pedro Wacao was a lieutenant of Tula and one of the four principal commanders of the Curaçao Slave Revolt of 1795, the largest uprising in the island's history. On August 17, 1795, more than fifty enslaved people at the Knip plantation refused to work and marched under his and Tula's leadership, gathering hundreds of insurgents as they moved plantation by plantation across Bandabou demanding liberty and equality. Wacao personally led the seizure of estates and recruited freed Black allies to the cause. Captured on September 21 at the Sint Jan plantation and tortured, he refused to betray his comrades and was executed by the Dutch colonial authorities that autumn.
“We demand nothing but our freedom.”
OUR FREEDOM. OUR FUTURE.
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