Calling out liberty : the Stono slave rebellion and the universal struggle for human rights /

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On Sunday, September 9, 1739, twenty Kongolese slaves armed themselves by breaking into a storehouse near the Stono River south of Charleston, South Carolina. They killed twenty-three white colonists, joined forces with other slaves, and marched toward Spanish Florida. There they expected to find fr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Shuler, Jack
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, ©2009.
Temas:
1700-1799
Slave rebellions > South Carolina > Stono > History > 18th century.
Enslaved persons > South Carolina > Social conditions > 18th century.
African Americans > Civil rights > History > 18th century.
Slavery > South Carolina > History > 18th century.
Esclaves > Caroline du Sud > Conditions sociales > 18e siècle.
Noirs américains > Droits > Histoire > 18e siècle.
HISTORY > State & Local.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Slavery.
African Americans > Civil rights
Race relations
Slave rebellions
Slavery
Enslaved persons > Social conditions
Stono (S.C.) > Race relations > History > 18th century.
South Carolina > Race relations > History > 18th century.
Caroline du Sud > Relations raciales > Histoire > 18e siècle.
South Carolina
South Carolina > Stono
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Sumario:On Sunday, September 9, 1739, twenty Kongolese slaves armed themselves by breaking into a storehouse near the Stono River south of Charleston, South Carolina. They killed twenty-three white colonists, joined forces with other slaves, and marched toward Spanish Florida. There they expected to find freedom. One report claims the rebels were overheard shouting, "Liberty!" Before the day ended, however, the rebellion was crushed, and afterwards many surviving rebels were executed. South Carolina rapidly responded with a comprehensive slave code. The Negro Act reinforced white power throu
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xii, 217 pages) : map
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-210) and index.
ISBN:9781604734737
1604734736
1282484788
9781282484788

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