HIST 1376 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Stono Rebellion, Stono River, George Whitefield
30 Aug 2016
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How is the nation different from mother country? racial and ethnic makeup of the colonies. Approximately 350k african slaves shipped during the 18th century. Previous life in africa transitions to permanent enslavement. Europeans wanted to put as many possible people in the ships. In order to prevent a slave uprising on those ships. Sail produces 25% mortality rate (another 25% in africa) The sail could last up to 6 months. Vast majority of slaves are going to be put to work doing jobs that they"ve never done before. Ordered in a language they don"t understand. Cant speak with their neighbor-- diff language. Carolinas have a demographic consisting majority in africans. In the carolinas planters were always concerned with the potential of a slave uprising because of the sheer number of them. For carolinians the fear of an uprising became a reality in 1739: Stono rebellion (took place near the stono river)
