...This chapter examines the Stono Rebellion, which broke out on September 9, 1739, when a group of Kongolese slaves-turned-rebels stormed a storehouse near Charles Town in the colony of South Carolina and went on to kill about twenty-three white colonists before being subdued by the militia...

...This chapter examines the legal repercussions the Stono Rebellion, which broke out on September 9, 1739 when a group of Kongolese slaves-turned-rebels hoping to gain liberty stormed a storehouse near Charles Town in the Spanish colony of South Carolina and went on to kill about twenty-three white...

...This chapter examines the resonances of the Stono rebels’ calls of liberty in African American literature, focusing on the human rights claims made by early African American writers such as Phillis Wheatley, David Walker, Omar ibn Said, Olaudah Equiano, Martin Delany, Prince Hall, and Frederick...

...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 the rebels expected...