Stono River Slave Rebellion Site
1739 slave revolt in the colony of South Carolina in Rantowles, South Carolina. Added to the National Register in 1974, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
The Stono Rebellion was a slave revolt that began on 9 September 1739, in the colony of South Carolina. It was the largest slave rebellion in the Southern Colonial era, with 25 colonists and 35 to 50 African slaves killed. The uprising's leaders were likely from the Central African Kingdom of Kongo, as they were Catholic and some spoke Portuguese.
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The record
| Property type | Site |
| Address | Off U.S. 17 on W bank of Wallace River, Rantowles vicinity, SC |
| County | Charleston County |
| Listed | May 30, 1974 |
| Reference number | 74001840 |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 1 sites |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | Off U.S. 17 on W bank of Wallace River, Rantowles, SC |
| Coordinates | 32.78739, -80.14538 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park · 16 mi · on Park Atlas |
| Federal campgrounds nearby | Buck Hall Recreation Area 38 mi |
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Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 74001840. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.