 The other issue of governance arose while Clarkson was still in Freetown and also festered.Clarkson rejected challenges from leaders of the Nova Scotians and this carried over to his successor English leaders of the company and the colony.These grievances led the Nova Scotians to revolt against their English Governors in 1800, a revolt that was only suppressed by the arrival of a new group of settlers from Nova Scotia known as the "maroons."