Racial Violence – Revolts of the Enslaved
Bacon’s Rebellion (1676)
Bacon’s Rebellion in 1676 was the last major uprising of enslaved blacks and white indentured servants in Colonial Virginia. One...
Gloucester County Conspiracy (1663)
The Gloucester County Conspiracy also known as the Servant’s Plot or Birkenhead’s Rebellion, took place in Virginia in 1663. The...
San Miguel de Gualdape Slave Rebellion (1526)
San Miguel de Gualdape is a former Spanish colony founded in 1526 by Lucas Vazquez de Ayllon. It was the...
Stono Rebellion (1739)
On Sunday, September 9th, 1739 the British colony of South Carolina was shaken by a slave uprising that culminated with the death of sixty people. Led...
The Creole Case (1841)
The Creole Case was the result of an American slave revolt in November 1841 on board the Creole, a ship involved in the United States...
The Slave Revolt in the Cherokee Nation (1842)
The Slave Revolt in the Cherokee Nation occurred in Indian Territory (now Oklahoma) when a group of twenty-five enslaved blacks, mostly from the...
The Amistad Mutiny, 1839
The Amistad Mutiny occurred on the Spanish schooner La Amistad on July 2, 1839. The incident began In February 1839...
Igbo Landing Mass Suicide (1803)
Igbo Landing is a historic site at Dunbar Creek on St. Simons Island, Glynn County, Georgia. In 1803 one of...
Denmark Vesey Conspiracy of 1822
After one loyal slave told his master about a plot to seize the city of Charlestown, South Carolina and kill...
