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- 1663, First serious recorded slave revolt in colonial America in Gloucester County, Virginia.
- 1671, Charleston, S.C. in 1671
- 1739, Stono Slave Rebellion, September 9, 1739
- 1739, Book Review of Mark M. Smith, ed. “Stono: Documenting and Interpreting a Southern Slave Revolt” By Diane Mutti Burke.
- 1745, John Sevier was born.
- 1762, Some advertisements from the South Carolina Gazette, September 18, 1762
- 1768, Edmund Fanning (1737-1808) and the Regulators. By Arthur Steinberg,
- 1777, Grundy born
- 1780, Overmountain men move over the mountain to see the other side of the mountain
- 1789, Thomas Jefferson and historical self-construction: the earth belongs to the living? By Robert M.S. McDonald
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Posted by: James on Thursday, April 29, 2010 - 08:01 PM
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Note: Gov. Harris was compelled to keep his room at the St. Cloud up to the time my informant left, under strong guard, for fear of assassination by the incensed people. He had received many anonymous letters threatening his life. Col. Henry Calibourne, of the militia, was also afraid to show his head on the streets.
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Posted by: James on Wednesday, November 04, 2009 - 02:44 PM
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Note: "At 9:30 o'clock this morning he was baptized in a creek near the jail by the colored clergyman. The ceremony was witnessed by a large crowd, which thronged both banks of the stream. As he came out of the water Williams shouted and jumped about so much that it was with the greatest difficulty that the Sheriff and several guards held him."
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Stono Slave Rebellion, September 9, 1739
THE STONO SLAVE REBELLION.
South Carolina, September 9, 1739: A band of slaves march down the road, carrying banners that proclaim "Liberty!". They shout out the same word. Led by an Ang ...
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