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 Angolan named Jemmy, the men and women ...

Next month, a group of scholars will convene in Charleston to share their understanding of colonial America's most deadly revolt of enslaved African Americans. The event underscores how the Stono ...

Sep. 1—SOUTH CAROLINA — On September 9, 1739, in the British Colony of South Carolina, a band of 22 slaves marched south towards Florida, chanting and waving banners proclaiming "liberty." As the band ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - At least 20 slaves raided a store and tried to march south to Florida, beginning the largest slave insurrection in British North America on Sept. 9, 1739. The group stole ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. — As the campaign to quash the teachings of America’s brutal history of slavery intensifies, Joseph McGill Jr. has waged a counterattack by way of a poignant three-day conference in ...

Joseph McGill, founder at the Slave Dwelling Project, spent a night in one of these former slave cabin at McLeod Plantation on James Island in June 2010. McLeod was McGill’s third sleepover in an ...

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 conference to Charleston ...

The Fort Mose Historical Society and Volunteer Militia will demonstrate muskets from 1-4 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 10, at Caw Caw Interpretative Center. For details go to: www.slavedwellingproject.org.

When Peter Wood decided to get his Ph.D. in early American history more than a half century ago, he learned most of the scholarship to date had a heavy, northeastern focus, from the Pilgrims and ...