The Stono Rebellion took place in South Carolina on September 9, 1739. The rebellion was named after the Stono River, where the revolt occurred. This rebellion was led by African American slaves who wanted to rebel against their owners. The revolt was planned a day before it actually happened by the slaves. Due to the fact that they couldn't afford weapons, they killed the owner of a gun shop in order to supply themselves with weapons. The leader of the rebellion is still unclear; however, his name could have been either Cato or Jemmy.
The group of slaves were heading toward south for Florida; they had signs that read "liberty" as they were marching toward their destination. As they were heading to Florida, other slaves started to join the group of slaves that had been marching for a while. However, some slaves were forced to join the rebellion. They also killed the masters, along with their families. The African Americans made an exception for one slave owner because he treated his slaves better than the others. A military force found the rebels and captured them; however, some were able to escape. The captured slaves were killed in order to teach a lesson to the South Carolinians.
The Negro Act was passed in 1740, due to the Stono Rebellion. The Negro Act didn't allow for people to take or import slaves directly from Africa. The African American population was greatly increasing; therefore, the whites were outnumbered. South Carolinians felt insecure so they stopped getting slaves from Africa. In addition, the Negro Act enforced the military force to be aware of their surroundings in order to prevent another rebellion like the Stono. If the salves were treated harshly, the slave owner would get fined for mistreating the slave.
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It took courage and guts for the slaves to revolt against their plantation owners; however, in my opinion i think their results made it more difficult to live because even if their owners had to treat them better there was no one to stop the owner from beating them and also the white political man in power would believe a slave of such a brutal act.
ReplyDeleteStopping the importation of slaves will not hinder the Southern economy unless the slaves died of old age or of living conditions or lack of child birth.
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion the slave rebellion did not succeed because the slaves planned it a day before they actually revolted, which meant that the slaves were not prepared, but only driven by hate.
ReplyDeleteI agree that the Stono Rebellion was act of courage on behalf of the Afircan Slaves. Even though the slaves were captured and killed by the military, I believe that they still achieved their goal and this was made possible by the Negroe Act of 1740.
ReplyDeleteThe Negro Act was a form of racial distinction where the elites separated the poor whites from the slaves.
ReplyDeleteIt took great courage of the African slaves to revolt,but I agree with melody it wasn't successful because it was planed one day before.
ReplyDeleteThe Negro Act took was passed just for the state of South Carolina or all 13 original colonies?
ReplyDeleteThe Negro Act was established in South Carolina due to the slaves revolt, but the document did not mention whether or not it was passed in all the colonies.
DeleteI give props to the Africans for trying to rebel. I know that these rebellions were important because it shows the struggle and the resistance that DID exist amongst the Africans
ReplyDeletei agree with Jeanette, it showed a lot by them trying to rebel!
ReplyDeleteThe Stono Rebellion took place almost 100 years after Bacon's Rebellion!
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