Louis Mercier
Louis Mercier (sometimes written Louis Merier) was a lieutenant of Tula and one of the four commanders of the 1795 Curaçao Slave Revolt. Fluent in the political language of the Age of Revolution, he helped articulate the rebels' demands to the Dutch colonial governor: an immediate end to bondage, equal treatment under the law, and recognition as free citizens. Mercier fought at the side of Tula, Bastian Karpata, and Pedro Wacao for nearly a month, sustaining the uprising against superior forces. Captured after a betrayal, he refused to name accomplices under torture and was executed in the autumn of 1795. His stand is commemorated each August 17 in Curaçao as Tula Day.
“Better to die free than to live enslaved.”
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Louis Mercier
Louis Mercier (sometimes written Louis Merier) was a lieutenant of Tula and one of the four commanders of the 1795 Curaçao Slave Revolt. Fluent in the political language of the Age of Revolution, he helped articulate the rebels' demands to the Dutch colonial governor: an immediate end to bondage, equal treatment under the law, and recognition as free citizens. Mercier fought at the side of Tula, Bastian Karpata, and Pedro Wacao for nearly a month, sustaining the uprising against superior forces. Captured after a betrayal, he refused to name accomplices under torture and was executed in the autumn of 1795. His stand is commemorated each August 17 in Curaçao as Tula Day.
“Better to die free than to live enslaved.”
OUR FREEDOM. OUR FUTURE.
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