Louis van Mauritius was a 19th century slave in the Cape Colony (now South Africa). Working as a tailor, he led a slave rebellion on 27 October 1808, in which over 300 slaves participated. The rebellion failed and 47 people were put on trial. Twenty, including van Mauritius, were sentenced to death.
An artwork commemorating the 200th anniversary of the rebellion was commissioned by the City of Cape Town and is on display in Church Square, near the old Slave Lodge in Cape Town.
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