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Stono Rebellion: Largest Slave Uprising in Colonial America

A common myth regarding the enslavement of Africans in the New World is that they simply endured their lot without actively fighting against it. There are several examples disproving this, one being the Stono Rebellion of 1739. Led by a literate slave from Angola named 'Jemmy,' this band of revolutionaries took advantage of a malaria […]

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