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#OtD 9 Sep 1739 the Stono slave rebellion began in South Carolina, the largest uprising of enslaved people in the mainland British colonies. 23 people seized weapons, burned plantations and freed others until a militia repressed them https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10949/stono-revolt?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

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Alt text: a close up photo of a historical marker reading: The Stono Rebellion (1739). The Stono Rebellion, the largest slave insurrection in British North America, began nearby on September 9, 1739. About 20 Africans raided a store near Wallace Creek [South Carolina], a branch of the Stono River. Taking guns and other weapons, they killed two shopkeepers. The rebels marched south toward promised freedom in Spanish Florida, waving flags, beating drums and shouting "Liberty!"

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@workingclasshistory Odd that they never taught us this in school. [Note: sarcasm used here. In Texas of the 1980s they taught us next to nothing about slavery, and certainly nothing about uprisings or resistance. I didn't learn about the Nueces Massacre or the clear pro-slavery statements of the Texas Declaration of Causes until years later.]

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