Seeds Of Revolution

By: Nikhil and Eun Su

Stono Rebellion 1739Stono Rebellion 1739

WHO

• The African slaves in America who were seeking freedom from the whites.

• The rebel leader was Jemmy (Cato), a literate African-Catholic slave from Angola, Central Africa.

• The rebel was against the white South Carolina plantation owners.

What

• Biggest uprising of slaves in America.• A slave leader named Jemmy started the

rebellion with twenty other African slaves.• Together, they started their march from a

place near the Stono River, carrying a banner which says, ‘ Liberty’.

• They robbed a firearms store and armed themselves for the march towards Florida.

WHAT

• They took on about sixty other slaves to join the rebellion and killed about twenty-five whites during the march.

• They met with a South Carolina militia near Edisto River.

• During the battle, about twenty whites and sixty slaves were killed.

• Most of the slaves that were captured were executed

WHAT

• Some of them were sold off to the West Indies.

• South Carolina later passed a law which severely limited the privileges of the slaves, Negro Act 1740, which did not allow the slaves to work for money, to grow their own food, be education and assemble in groups.

WHERE

• The slave march started from near Stono River, less than twenty miles from Charlestown, in South Carolina.

• The slaves entered Hutcheson’s arms store at Stono’s bridge and forcefully took firearms and ammunitions, killing the store owner.

WHERE

• The rebel slaves allowed the innkeeper at Wallace’s Tavern to live because he was known to treat his slaves with kindness.

• The main battle between the South Carolina militia and the rebel slaves took place in a large field near Edisto River.

• The rebel slaves were actually on their way to Florida, a Spanish territory.

WHEN

• Sunday, 9th September, 1739

WHY

• The white South Carolina government were unable to tackle a malaria epidemic that broke out in Charlestown.

• Spain hated the British and wanted to cause problems to them by promising freedom and land to any British colonial slaves who made their way to Florida, a Spanish territory.

WHY

• Reports in the newspaper regarding a ‘Security Act’ which was going to be passed. The Act dictates that all white males must take firearms with them even on Sundays when they go to church, fearing an uprising of the slaves.

HOW

• The rebellion was quite brutal.• The rebels opened fire with two shots • The whites returned fire and killed about

fourteen slaves.

The Sad Ending

• Despite their effort the stono's were not able to win, in the end the Whites won. Some of them were sold and some were just re-captured as slaves.

THANK YOU !!

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stono_Rebellion• www.carolana.com/SC/Royal_Colony/sc_stono_rebellion.html

• www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1386507/Stono-rebellion

• www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/news/the_black...news/• www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/colonial/jb_colonial_stono_2.html