Calling Out Liberty: The Stono Slave Rebellion and the Universal Struggle for Human Rights

by Jack Shuler

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1617031968
• ISBN13: 9781617031960
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"