South Carolina The Stono Rebellion (also known as Cato’s Conspiracy or Cato’s 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 Colonies, with 25 colonists and 35 to 50 Africans killed. The uprising was led by native Africans …
Gabriel Prosser
Virginia Gabriel Prosser (c. 1776 – October 10, 1800), having attained his surname from his slaveholder,[1][2][a] was an African blacksmith enslaved by the Prosser family who planned a large slave rebellion in the Richmond, Virginia, area in the summer of 1800. Information regarding the revolt, which came to be known as “Gabriel’s Rebellion”, was leaked prior …
Gaspar Yanga
Mexico Gaspar Yanga—often simply Yanga or Nyanga (May 14, 1545 – 1618) was an African who led a maroon colony of slaves in the highlands near Veracruz, Mexico (then New Spain) during the early period of Spanish colonial rule. He successfully resisted a Spanish attack on the colony in 1609. The maroons continued their raids …
Nat Turner
Virginia Nat Turner (October 2, 1800 – November 11, 1831) was an enslaved African-American preacher who organized and led the four-day rebellion of enslaved and free Black people in Southampton County, Virginia, in 1831. The rebellion was effectively suppressed within a few days, at Belmont Plantation on the morning of August 23, but Turner survived …
Denmark Vesey
South Carolina Denmark Vesey (also Telemaque) (c. 1767 – July 2, 1822) was an early 19th century free Black and community leader in Charleston, South Carolina, who was accused and convicted of planning a major slave revolt in 1822. Although the alleged plot was discovered before it could be realized, its potential scale stoked the fears …
King Bayano
Panama Bayano, also known as Ballano or Vaino, was an African enslaved by Spaniards who led the biggest slave revolts of 16th century Panama. Captured from the Yoruba community in West Africa, it has been argued that his name means idol. Different tales tell of their revolt in 1552 beginning either on the ship en …