HIST205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Stono Rebellion, Stono River, Slave Ship
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Trade going on all over the atlantic ocean. 7 million people are transported across the atlantic. 1:5 slaves died on the middle passage. New englanders are the ones running the slave trade (merchants based in boston. Ma, rhode island) - bring them to the south. Of pop in sc is black. White residence of sc came from plantations in the caribbean - were worried that the slaves would revolt since they make up the pop. Forging passes for other slaves, doesn"t like slavery, is literate. Says he along with other slaves are joining the spanish in florida. Second largest slave pop in the country. Fires breakout - 150 people are accused, brought into basement of city hall - tortured until they begin to talk. A white guy who was a catholic spanish priest in disguise worked with the enslaved people, an irish prostitute, and another irish guy . Wild stories of what has happened and why it did.
