Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 exam•Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Definition
An enslaved cook who led a mutiny aboard the slave brig Creole in 1841, seizing the ship and sailing it to the Bahamas where nearly 130 African Americans gained their freedom.
AP course connection
Topic 2.13: 2.13 Resistance and Revolts in the United States