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seemed now determined to attain the climax 

 of atrocity. They raised the slaves in re- 

 bellion against their masters, and placed 

 them under the command of individuals 

 who were believed to be not in the least 

 scrupulous as to the means they employed ; 

 such were Boves, Yanez, Rosette, Puy, 

 and Palomo ; the first four were Spaniards, 

 and the last a negro, who had long been 

 outlawed as a robber and an assassin. 

 Boves and Rosette received supplies of 

 arms and ammunition from the royalist 

 governor of Angostura, and were enabled to 

 carry their detestable plan into effect in the 

 eastern part of the province of Caraccas. 

 Puy and Palomo received assistance from 

 the royalist chiefs of Coro, Puerto Cabello, 

 and Maracaybo, and fixed upon the western 

 portion of the province of Caraccas, Barinas, 

 Merida, and Truxillo, as their sanguinary 

 theatre of action. These men regularly 

 corresponded with the royalist chiefs of the 

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