sentences:  The play was based on the life of Joseph Chatoyer ("Satuye"), a Garifuna chief who led a revolt of Black Carib people on the Caribbean island of St. Vincent against the British colonists in 1795.It was produced in 1823 by the African Company at the African Grove Theatre in New York City, which was the first resident African-American company.It was the first known play written in the United States by a black man.