HIS106Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 43: Stono Rebellion, Slave Rebellion, Stono River
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Breaking the chains slave resistance and rebellion. Slave revolts across the americas were not senseless acts of violence; instead they were calculated attempts to achieve particular goals. Before the age of revolution (restorationist): aimed not to do away with slavery, but recreate their own customs on the continent, like establishing maroon communities. During and after the age of revolution (revolutionary): haitian revolution only country formed as a result of slave revolt. Colonial: mindless savagery or ideas of a black spartacus ideas of a bloody battle for freedom. Contemporary: calculated acts guided by political knowledge slaves as political agents, with specific goals, skillful negotiators. Producer of tar, cattle, rice tar used for ships. African slaves outnumbered white colonists by 1730s. Experienced constant troubles with slaves running away to florida spaniards offering incentives to slaves to come to florida offering freedom if they converted to. Catholicism, and established a town for runaway slaves in 1738, defending spain against.
