Talk:Tacky's Revolt

Dating the Haitian Revolution
Haitian Revolution begins 1791, not 1790. It's the second time I've seen this somewhere on wikipedia, not sure where it's coming from. Just revised, but placing this on talk page in case someone might know what source is behind this confusion. Isaaccurtis (talk) 14:05, 6 April 2015 (UTC)

Merger proposal
As far as I can see there are both the same event. It appears that Tacky is the more common spelling for the Jamaican rebel and this article has more content. Sligocki (talk) 03:07, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Done. FreplySpang 04:21, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

tacky
It was just like the story of nanny of the marrons she got shot but shot by a english solders while fightng to gain victory for her country. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.27.163.180 (talk) 20:12, 14 October 2010 (UTC)

Cubah
I added the section on Cubah at the bottom for now, but I admit it isn't the ideal organisation. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pen Lewins (talk • contribs) 15:23, 19 October 2015 (UTC)

I have positioned this section more appropriately, in a chronological order. I have also added the extra citations that were needed to make this a more in-depth, referenced article.Mikesiva (talk) 12:49, 2 May 2020 (UTC)

Wager a.k.a. Apongo
Vincent Brown points out that the rebellion by Wager, a.k.a. as Apongo, has been largely overlooked. I will be adding bits and pieces from that western revolt during the course of the year.Mikesiva (talk) 12:22, 26 June 2021 (UTC)

Haverhill
The text Haverhill by James Jones is fiction, not an actual memoir. It should not be cited as an accurate source of information on the rebels. Rather, it is an imagined dramatization of the accounts offered by Edward Long and Bryan Edwards, two slaveholding historians who wrote the first histories of the rebellion.

Dating Tacky's War
The revolt began on the night of April 7 and the early morning of April 8, and lasted through 1760.

Requested move 21 March 2024

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The result of the move request was: moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) –  23:17, 28 March 2024 (UTC)

Tacky's War → Tacky's Revolt – "Tacky's Revolt" is a much more WP:COMMONNAME than "Tacky's War" for this event per Ngrams:. The best source (and, I believe, the only book) specifically about this event—Tacky's Revolt (2020) by Vincent Brown—calls it by this name: "Tacky's Revolt" is the standard name for the violent events that began with the attack on Fort Haldane and ended months later with the defeat of Wager and others on the far side of the island. 

I considered "Tacky's Rebellion", as it very slightly beats "Tacky's Revolt" in Ngrams, but there are more results from Google Scholar for "Tacky's Revolt": 190 for "Tacky's Revolt", 107 for "Tacky's Rebellion", and just 24 for "Tacky's War".

I also considered the lowercase "Tacky's revolt", but "Tacky's Revolt" is about four times as frequent as "Tacky's revolt" in Ngrams. Malerisch (talk) 20:50, 21 March 2024 (UTC) The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
 * Support per nom.--Ortizesp (talk) 12:26, 22 March 2024 (UTC)