Slavery was a practice that flourished in North America for over 400 years, tearing mothers from their sons and daughters, torturing individuals, and depriving people of basic rights. By the Stono River outside of Charleston, South Carolina in 1739, the only plan that could come to mind for the slaves with was to rebell against the whites controlling their every action. The slaves spared those that were gentle towards their slaves, however. During the revolt, the rebels made an effort to collect other enslaved people at the time. The rioters increased their numbers along their trail of rioting by having the slaves of those they killed join them. Although participants of Stono Rebellion carried about questionable tactics, the slaves that revolted …show more content…
Slaves were focused on making sure as many of their people were able to attempt to get away from the harsh treatment as possible. Although almost all of the whites that the rebels came across were killed, there was one that was not injured due to the fact he treated his slaves with kindness. Furthermore, slaves killed those that they assumed had mistreated their slaves (PBS). With the murder of children being involved with this, the argument of the slaves not being justified for such actions is not solid because their is no evidence suggesting the children were not well aware of slavery and if they treated slaves kindly. In the months following the incident, slaves would be subjected to many laws that made it harder for them to congregate or have any freedom in South Carolina (Gray). The slaves of the Stono Rebellion fought and died believing that it was worth dying for what they had believed to be true, remaining ethical throughout the fight by sparing a man who had treated slaves with kindness, killing those who did not, and collecting other enslaved people so as many individuals as possible could make it to free land on Spanish territory