Rebellions are fighting the colonists to reach St. Augustine
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Stono's Rebellion was the biggest slave revolt in the 13 british mainland colonies. 20 african slaves under the leadership of a man named Jemmy, killed several white men showing hope for the slaves.
On 9th of September 1739, on a sunday, these 21 slaves, gathered on the Stono River to raid a warehouse-like house. Most of them were trained as a soldier before, either from the Yamasee War or from their homes. They killed the master there, and burned everything near the area, marching toward St. Augustine, where they will be legally free by the Spanish law. As the march went on and on, more slaves joined the insurrection with them. Although this drew many slaves, not every slave joined the march, some even helped hide their masters, as they were afraid of how they will live without the master supplying food for them, but the insurrectionists' numbers grew, and soon their numbers were about 100. They paraded through the King's Highway, carrying banners and shouting "lukango!", which means liberty in their language called Kikongo. The slaves fought the colonists for over a week, before the english rallied and killed most of the rebels, but it is highly likely that some reached Fort Mose in St. Augustine. Eve after the colonial forces crushed the uprising, outbreaks occured, and 50 were killed in South Carolina the year after the Stono rebellion. |