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at the expence of Mr. Clarke, who was 

 proprietor of feveral plantations in De- 

 merary, as were feveral other Gentle- 

 men in Barbadoes. This armament ef- 

 fectually fruftrated the rebellious defigns 

 of the Slaves in Demerary, and the civil 

 diffentions among the Rebels of Ber~ 

 bice diverted them from their intended 

 viiit. In the interim, however, the 

 Governor of Berbice received a body of 

 Soldiers from Surinam, and feveral arm- 

 ed veffels from the Iflands of Curagoa 

 and St. Eujiatia, with which he failed 

 up the River, and took polfeffion of the 

 Dauger-head, a large Plantation belong- 

 ing to the Weft India Company, where 

 he maintained himfelf till the arrival of 

 an armament from Holland, when the 

 Rebels were foon driven from the 

 woods, from whence hunger, and the 

 arrows of the Indians, obliged them 

 to return, and feek an afylum in their 

 former flavery. Several hundred of the 



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