Breffu

Breffu
Other name(s)Baeffu, Beafuu, Beffru
Nickname(s)Queen of St John
BornAkwamu, Ghana
DiedApril/May 1734
St. Jan, Danish West Indies
AllegianceAkwamu Insurrection

Breffu (possibly derived from Twi, Baffour) was an Akwamu leader of the 1733 slave insurrection on St. John (then known as St. Jan) in Danish West Indies. She killed herself with 23 other rebels to evade capture as the rebellion weakened in 1734.

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