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In the Journal of the Assembly of Jamaica, 29–30 March 1733, is a citation for "resolution, bravery and fidelity" awarded to "loyal slaves ... under the command of Captain Sambo", namely William Cuffee, who was rewarded for having fought the Maroons in the First Maroon War and who is called "a very good party Negro, having killed Nanny, the ...
An Act for enabling Thomas Scawen Esquire and others to sell an Estate in Ireland, settled by Sir William Scawen's Will; and settling another Estate, purchased by the said Thomas Scawen; in England, of greater Value, to the same Uses.
Cuffee was an escaped slave in Jamaica who led other runaway slaves to form a community of free black people in Jamaica in the island's forested interior, and they raided white plantation owners at the end of the eighteenth century. The name Cuffee is a variation of the Twi Akan name Kofi, which is the name given to a boy born on a Friday.
William Cuffay (1788 – July 1870) ... In the early 1850s, Mary Cuffee applied for financing to enable her to travel to Tasmania, and join her husband, which she did ...
Henrietta Godolphin, suo jure Duchess of Marlborough (19 July 1681 – 24 October 1733) was the daughter of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, general of the army, and Sarah Jennings, Duchess of Marlborough, close friend and business manager of Queen Anne.
However, Cuffee then withdrew the majority of his community further into the Cockpit Country, and they were never subdued. [57] [55] It is believed that members of Cuffee's community eventually joined the village of Me-no-Sen-You-no-Come, which was a refuge for runaway slaves in the Cockpit Country in the 19th century.
The rising politician William Pitt strongly opposed the bill, joining with an alliance of Tory and Patriot Whigs to defeat Walpole's proposal. Walpole proposed the bill while at the height of his powers, during the Whig Ascendency , but its defeat was an early sign of the waning of his dominance over British politics which came to an end in 1742.
In 1733, Zenger printed copies of newspapers in New York to voice his disagreement with the actions of the newly appointed colonial governor William Cosby. On his arrival in New York City, Cosby had plunged into a rancorous quarrel with the colony council over his salary, trying to recoup half of the salary of the previous acting governor Rip ...