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The Stono Rebellion (also known as Cato's Conspiracy or Cato's Rebellion) was a slave revolt that began on 9 September 1739, in the colony of South Carolina.It was the largest slave rebellion in the Southern Colonial era, with 25 colonists and 35 to 50 African slaves killed.
The Negro Act of 1740 was passed in the Province of South Carolina, on May 10, 1740, during colonial Governor William Bull's time in office, in response to the Stono Rebellion in 1739. [ 1 ] The comprehensive act made it illegal for enslaved Africans to move abroad , assemble in groups, raise food , earn money , and learn to write (though ...
The Jamaican codes of 1684 were copied by the colony of South Carolina, first in 1691, [3] and then immediately following the Stono Rebellion, in 1740. The South Carolina slave-code served as the model for many other colonies in North America. [14]
African and African-American slaves expressed their opposition to slavery through armed uprisings such as the Stono Rebellion (1739) in South Carolina. More typically, they resisted through work slowdowns, tool-breaking, and running away, either for short periods or permanently.
In South Carolina, the Stono Rebellion becomes the largest slave uprising yet in the Thirteen Colonies, with 25 white people and 35 to 50 black people killed. [14] [15] 1741: Another insurrection of slaves in New York City causes significant property damage; slaves are severely punished or executed. [16] 1774
Rebellion suppressed 1739 Stono Rebellion: Colony of South Carolina: Escaped slaves Rebellion suppressed 1741 New York Conspiracy of 1741: Province of New York: slaves and poor whites 1743 Fourth Dalecarlian rebellion Sweden: peasants' Rebellion suppressed 1744–1829 Dagohoy rebellion: Spanish Empire: Boholano people Rebellion suppressed 1745 ...
Slave rebellion; Afro-Latin American: Latin Americans of significant or mainly African ancestry. Black Seminoles: Indians associated with the Seminole people in Florida and Oklahoma. Bushinengues: in French Guiana, meaning people of the forest, descendants of slaves who escaped enslavement and established independent communities in the forest.
During the same year the Stono, a Cusabo subtribe, fought with the colony. This conflict (not to be confused with the later Stono Rebellion of African slaves) was similar to the Kussoe War. Colonial records are unclear on how the Kussoe-Stono War ended, except that it was resolved in South Carolina's favor.