This date marks the first anniversary of the beginning of a violent slave revolt in Jamaica known as the Baptist War. Sectarian missionaries were blamed for inciting the revolt, which led to the deaths of numerous slaves.
[Mark Lyman Staker, Hearken, O Ye People: The Historical Setting of Joseph Smith's Ohio Revelations: A Selective Chronology of Significant Events in Ohio's LDS History]
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