Whatever triggered the Rebellion, early on the morning of the 9th, a Sunday, about twenty slaves gathered near the Stono River in St. Paul's Parish, less than twenty miles from Charlestown.

In the early hours of Sunday, Sept. 9, 1739, 20 enslaved black men gathered near a bridge over the Stono River, southwest of Charles Town (now Charleston), S.C., where they were part of a work ...

The Stono Rebellion is the topic of the seventh annual Slave Dwelling Project Conference in September at the College of Charleston. Be the first to know.

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Next month, a group of scholars will convene in Charleston to share their understanding of colonial America's most deadly revolt of enslaved African Americans. The event underscores how the Stono ...

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On this day in 1739, some 20 slaves, having retained their West African Catholic heritage, gathered near the Stono River, 20 miles southwest of Charleston, S .C. Significantly for them, the date ...

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Whatever triggered the Rebellion, early on the morning of the 9th, a Sunday, about twenty slaves gathered near the Stono River in St. Paul's Parish, less than twenty miles from Charlestown.