Who made the stono rebellion?
On September 9, 1739, twenty African American Carolinians led by Jemmy, met near the Stono River, twenty miles southwest of Charleston. They marched down the roadway with a banner that read “Liberty!”—they chanted the same word in unison. They seized weapons and ammunition from a store at the Stono River Bridge and killed the two storekeepers. They raised a flag and proceeded south towards Spanish Florida, a well known refuge for escapees. On the way, they gathered more recruits, their number now 80. They burned seven plantations and killed 20 whites. South Carolina’s Lieutenant Governor, William Bull, and four of his friends ran into the group on horseback. The Lieutenant Governor fled and warned other slave-holders. They rallied a group of plantation owners and slave-holders to seek out Jemmy and his followers. The next day, mounted militia caught up with the group numbering 80 slaves. Twenty white Carolinians and forty-four of the slaves were killed before the rebellion was suppress
