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  • They were all slaves
  • They helped spread the message that the planters were denying them their freedom and it was necessary to fight for it
  • JACKEY, KING WILTSHIRE, DICK BAILEY, JOHNNY THE STANDARD BEARER and JOHNNY THE COOPER were other leaders of the 1816 Rebellion
  • They assisted Bussa with planning the rebellion
  • They monitored the progress of the anti-slavery movement in Britain
  • They kept the other slaves informed of what they thought was being done for them in Britain
  • Information sources
    • Reading the planters’ discarded newspapers
    • Listening to the plantation owners’ discussions with other whites in Barbados
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    • Literate slaves
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    JACKEY, KING WILTSHIRE, DICK BAILEY, JOHNNY THE STANDARD BEARER and JOHNNY THE COOPER