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Today in History: September 9: Stono Rebellion URL: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/sep09.html Description: Overview of this slave revolt that started on September 9, 1739, when "twenty black Carolinians met near the Stono River, approximately twenty miles southwest of Charleston. ... [It was] the largest slave uprising in the British mainland colonies prior to the American Revolution. ... More than twenty white Carolinians and nearly twice as many black Carolinians were killed." Includes links to exhibits and collections. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. LII Topics: Black Resources, Slavery, Abolition, & Emancipation Publisher: Library of Congress Extra Keywords African American black South Carolina LII Database Information: Record 24397 created by Jennifer English on 08/29/2007 Last modification on 08/30/2007 Published: 09/06/2007 Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/24397 |
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