Calling out liberty : the Stono slave rebellion and the universal struggle for human rights /

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Author / Creator:	Shuler, Jack.
Imprint:	Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, ©2009.
Description:	1 online resource (xii, 217 pages) : map
Language:	English
Subject:	Slave insurrections -- South Carolina -- Stono -- History -- 18th century. Slaves -- South Carolina -- Social conditions -- 18th century. African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 18th century. Slavery -- South Carolina -- History -- 18th century. African Americans -- Civil rights. Race relations. Slave insurrections. Slavery. Slaves -- Social conditions. Stono (S.C.) -- Race relations -- History -- 18th century. South Carolina -- Race relations -- History -- 18th century. South Carolina. South Carolina -- Stono. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13538445

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ISBN:	9781604734737 1604734736 1282484788 9781282484788 9781604732733 1604732733
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-210) and index. Print version record.
Summary:	On Sunday, September 9, 1739, twenty Kongolese slaves armed themselves by breaking into a storehouse near the Stono River south of Charleston, South Carolina. They killed twenty-three white colonists, joined forces with other slaves, and marched toward Spanish Florida. There they expected to find freedom. One report claims the rebels were overheard shouting, "Liberty!" Before the day ended, however, the rebellion was crushed, and afterwards many surviving rebels were executed. South Carolina rapidly responded with a comprehensive slave code. The Negro Act reinforced white power throu
Other form:	Print version: Shuler, Jack. Calling out liberty. Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, ©2009 9781604732733

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