Friday, September 9, 2011

Today: The Stono Rebellion


September 9th, 1739 was the largest slave rebellion in the colonies before the American Revolution.

In response to the uprising, colonists temporarily halted slave imports and tightened the laws regarding slaves.

There are a number of ongoing historical-literary projects to make accessible slave narratives and thereby to open up previously unknown events and ideas, such as insurrections.

Here's a link to one.

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