English: Landhuis Kenepa, a 17th century plantation house near the western coast of Curaçao, was the site of a 1795 slave revolt that swept across the region. The slaves of Landhuis Kenepa, led by a man named Tula, joined together on the morning of August 17, 1795 to demand that they would no longer work for Shon Caspar Lodewijk van Uytrecht, the plantation's owner. Unable to resist, van Uytrecht told the group to lodge their complaints with the governor in Fort Amsterdam.

Over the next two months, Tula and his men were able to gain control of much of the region, freeing slaves at each plantation as they went. Eventually, the island's government offered a pardon to all of the rebels if they would give up the fight. Tula refused, however, stating that what they wanted was their freedom.

In late September 1795, Tula was captured by a slave who had stayed loyal to his white master. He was taken to Fort Amsterdam, where he was tortured and ultimately beheaded, his head put on a spike for public display.

Following the end of the Atlantic slave trade, slavery slowly declined on Curaçao. When it was formally abolished in 1863, only about 7,000 individuals remained in slavery.