Editing 1733 slave insurrection on St. John (section)

===Events on November 23, 1733===
[[File:Sugar cane knife, 1800s, Danish West Indies.jpg|thumb|[[Cane knife]] from the Danish West Indies; knives like this one were used by rebelling slaves.]]
The 1733 slave insurrection started with open acts of rebellion by slaves on November 23, 1733, at the Coral Bay plantation owned by [[Magistrate]] Johannes Sødtmann.<ref name="coloredsilks"/> An hour later, other slaves were admitted into the fort at Coral Bay to deliver wood, a regular event. They had hidden knives in the lots, which they used to kill most of the soldiers at the fort. Soldier John Gabriel escaped to St. Thomas and alerted Danish officials to the revolt.<ref name=coloredsilks /> A group of rebels under the leadership of King June stayed at the fort to maintain control; another group took control of the estates in the Coral Bay area after hearing the signal shots from the fort's cannon. The slaves killed many of the whites on these plantations.<ref name=Rebellion /> The rebel slaves moved along to the north shore of the island. In each area, they avoided widespread destruction of property since they intended to take over the estates and resume crop production for their benefit.<ref name=coloredsilks />