Slave+Uprisings

Stono Rebellion The Stono Rebellion occurred on September 9th, 1739. It happened on a Sunday morning, and started with a group of about 20 slaves. They marched from South Carolina all the way down to Florida gathering about 100 slaves by the time the sun went down. The real cause of the rebellion was not exactly clear, but the most likely reason for the march to "//freedom//" was because many run away slaves had made their way to Florida and lived there without masters. The rebellion started early in the morning when about 20 slaves gathered in front of a shop that sold guns and ammunition. They banned together and killed the two men manning the shop and stole the weapons, igniting their rebellion. After the slaves left the house, they then made their way to the house of a man named Mr. Godfrey and burned it down, killing both the man and his daughter. After that they went to Wallace's Tavern and proceeded to kill inhabitents of another six houses. More and more slaves joined the rebellion, until they marched in a group of about 50 people, and killed any whites they encountered. At about for in the afternoon, around 20 to 100 whites chased after the slaves. They killed thirty rebels, while thirty more escaped, only to be later found and executed. As a response to the Stono rebellion, The Negro Act was put into place, limiting the rights of slaves.They could no longer grow their own food, assemble in groups, learn to read, or even make their own money.


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