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The Beginning of the African- American 1700-1799. Steve Helmeci, Jake Champagne, Abby Haslett, and Maddie Walstra Period 8. Introduction. Our group project centers around: The earliest African- Americans The challenges they faced
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The Beginning of the African- American1700-1799 Steve Helmeci, Jake Champagne, Abby Haslett, and Maddie Walstra Period 8
Introduction • Our group project centers around: • The earliest African- Americans • The challenges they faced • How their actions affected the lives of future African- Americans
The Stono Rebellion (1739) Steve Helmeci
Why did The Stono Rebellion happen? • Many theories exist • Many historians believe that the rebels were planning the rebellion for a while, but never had the opportunity • That opportunity came when the South Carolina Colonial Assembly passed the Security Act of 1739 • The slaves were able to revolt because all white males who carry firearms had their firearms at church
Events of the Stono Rebellion • The Stono Rebellion took place on Sunday, September 9, 1739 • Twenty slaves, lead by an Angolan named Jemmy, raided a firearms store and killed the two white shopkeepers • They then headed South toward Florida, because the Spanish King passed a decree stating that any slave escaping to Florida would be granted freedom • The rampaging slaves killed all slave-owning whites, whether they were man, woman, or child, and set fire to plantations • Twenty-one whites were killed in all, and only one white, Lieutenant Governor William Bull, was able to escape the fugitive slaves
Events of the Stono Rebellion Cont. • By eleven AM, the slave group was fifty strong • Lieutenant Governor Bull managed to call the militia, and around 100 were dispatched • The weary slaves stopped to rest in a field, and the militia caught up with them • A short firefight ensued, and by the end, forty-four slaves were killed • All but one of the escaping slaves were captured or killed within the next week, the one exception eluded capture for three years
What Happened as a Result of the Stono Rebellion? • The South Carolina Colonial Assembly did not take lightly to this revolt • They hastily passed a law they had had in place for a while, but were reluctant to pass • Thus, the Negro Act of 1740 was passed • This act prohibited slaves from growing their own food, assembling in groups, earning money that went to them, not their master, and learning to read
New York Revolt (1712) Jake Champagne
The Middle Passage Maddie Walstra
Some Reasons For The Many Deaths On The Ships • Many murders to make more space and air • Many suicides to get away from the torture • Many deaths from disease
The Fugitive Slave Act (1793) Abby Haslett
Conclusion • Our topics relate back to the theme of our presentation because: • The Stono Rebellion and the New York Rebellion relate because they and other rebellions of the 1700’s gave white people an excuse to control the lives of black people- whether they were slaves or not. • The Middle Passage relates because • The Fugitive Slave Act relates because