... of them shotthemselves, others their wives, and then themselves; some absconded a few days, and then killed themselvesAn Account of Some of the Principal Slave Insurrections, and Others, Which ... left in the place. Theydetermined, therefore, under these circumstances, to call in the slaves in their neighborhood to theirassistance. They issued a proclamation in consequence, by which they ... During the Last Two Centuries.16planters, and between the royalists and the revolutionists, who, for the purpose of wreaking their vengeanceon each other, called in the aid of their slaves;...