RARE 1860'S "POSSIBLY" CUFFEE'S FREED SLAVE HOMES JAMAICA MOUNTAINS STEREOVIEW

Description: Photographs throughout Ad: Offered for auction from a recent Estate sale is the following RARE 1860’S SHARP SQUARE CORNERED STEREOVIEW “WITHOUT PHOTOGRAPHERS TRADEMARK” OF WHAT APPEARS TO BE POSSIBLY “CUFFEE’S FREED SLAVES HOMES IN MOUNTAIN SIDE, JAMAICA” -- The stereoview is from a lot of stereoviews that I purchased with many early stereoview’s as is this one offered for auction. In the set purchased were 10 stereoviews, all the same design with what appeared to be from a southern country, Africa, South American etc. From research I was able to locate the area of these stereoviews which is the Country of Jamaica. The titles were originally written on the backs in old handwritting but through the past 150 or so years has either worn away or faded and mostly unreadable. This one is almost readable as follows below. This early and quite rare stereoview scene is very clear as photo shows. View photo for condition. Below I have listed the title of the stereoview which is in old handwriting as follows along with information on Cuffee an escaped slave, Jamaica. The title appears to be (VEWCUSTT)? very light. From Research this very rare stereoview I believe can possibly be titled as follows “FREED SLAVE HOMES, JAMAICA” ”CUFFEE ESCAPED SLAVE” JAMAICA: 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. In 1798, Cuffee escaped from a Jamaican plantation run by James McGhie, and he found refuge in the forested interior of the Cockpit Country. Many of the escaped slaves who joined his community had secured their freedom by fighting in the Second Maroon War. It was previously believed that Cuffee only led a small band of just 43 runaway slaves. However, recent research has shown that Cuffee's community counted more than twice that number of runaway slaves. The community was so large that they occupied several makeshift villages in the Cockpit Country, with their headquarters at a place called High Windward. Even though Cuffee was identified by Governor Alexander Lindsay, 6th Earl of Balcarres, as the headman, slave informers told the colonial authorities that Cuffee's maroon community had a revolving headman leadership structure. Having secured muskets and ammunition from the Maroons of Cudjoe's Town (Trelawny Town), Cuffee and his men were well-armed and conducted a series of raids on plantations in western Jamaica. They destroyed estates such as Venture, Cox-heath pen, Pantre-Pant and Oxford. Many western planters claimed that their suffering at the hands of Cuffee's maroons was worse than what they endured under the Second Maroon War. Armed slaves sent out against them defected and joined Cuffee's community. Jamaican Maroons from Accompong Town tried to subdue Cuffee's community of runaways, but in vain. Eventually, members of the slave "Black Shot" killed two of the revolving headmen, Prince and Hercules, and captured half a dozen runaway slaves. However, Cuffee then withdrew the majority of his community further into the Cockpit Country, and they were never subdued. 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 nineteenth century. I will accept PAYPAL and other Ebay payment methods. Items will be shipped first class mail usually next day after payment of Paypal, packaging and mail $3.45. I will combine shipping 1 to 3 views $3.45, 3 to 6 views $5.35 and over 6 no additional postage or shipping charge. I will ship internationally, payment must be in US funds, Paypal. I will ship world wide International first Class Mail 1 stereoview for $12.47 and will combine ship.

Price: 17.95 USD

Location: Gorham, Maine

End Time: 2024-04-28T16:31:53.000Z

Shipping Cost: 3.45 USD