Stono Rebellion Historical Marker

Title: Stono Rebellion Historical Marker
Description: In the early 1970s, a cooperative of Black farmers known as the South Carolina Sea Island Farmers, unknowingly purchased the land where the Stono Rebellion began. The Stono Rebellion was the largest and bloodiest uprising of enslaved people in colonial North America. Slave revolts were every enslaver's worst nightmare as white people often feared revenge for their horrific treatment of enslaved people. They were also afraid that if free or enslaved Black people had access to guns it would lead to violent rebellions and eventually to Black freedom. In response to Stono, South Carolina passed the Negro Act of 1740 which imposed even stricter restrictions upon enslaved people. After discovering the land’s history, the Cooperative commemorated the uprising by erecting a historical marker on the Rebellion's anniversary date Sept. 9, 2006.
Creator: Marker erected by the South Carolina Sea Island Farmers Cooperative. Photograph captured by Henry de Saussure Copeland. See all items with this value
Publisher: Flickr
Date: Marker erected September, 9 2006. Photograph captured on August 2, 2009. See all items with this value
Type: Still Image
Format: Digital Photograph (jpg)
Language: English
Subject: Historical markers; Slave Rebellion; Slavery; South Carolina; See all items with this value
Temporal Coverage: 1739
Rights Holder: Henry de Saussure Copeland
Rights: Creative Commons 2.0

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