Whatever triggered the Rebellion, early on the morning of the 9th, a Sunday, about twenty slaves gathered near the Stono River in St. Paul's Parish, less than twenty miles from Charlestown.

The event underscores how the Stono Rebellion, which began on Sept. 9, 1739, in what today is southern Charleston County, remains an important and tragic piece of our history from which we all can ...

The Stono Rebellion, South Carolina’s most consequential slave revolt nearly three centuries ago, is the topic of the seventh annual Slave Dwelling Project Conference in September at the College ...

“The Stono Rebellion was kind of the start of our means of existence. They began that fight in 1739. This effort today is against anti-CRT, critical race theory, and it has to be fought.

The Stono Rebellion of 1739 has largely been overlooked when discussing Black Americans’ fight for liberation throughout history. Still, it is one of the most forceful displays of resistance in ...

“The Stono Rebellion, a transformative event in the history of enslavement in the Americas, tells a powerful story of resistance and resilience,” said historic preservationist Joseph McGill, ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – The College of Charleston will host the Seventh National Slave Dwelling Project Conference in September. The Slave Dwelling Project will bring its confere… ...

More than a dozen performers gather onstage, stepping, chanting and ushering the audience through time from the Stono Rebellion of 1739 and its impact on African American music and dance culture ...

Nat Turner’s 1831 rebellion struck fear throughout the slaveholding South, which sought to quash his legacy. Historians are making new discoveries about the enslaved preacher and his rebels in ...