Chesapeake rebellion (original) (raw)
The Chesapeake rebellion of 1730 was the largest slave rebellion of the colonial period in North America. Believing that Virginian planters had disregarded a royal edict from King George II which freed slaves, two hundred slaves gathered in Princess Anne County, Virginia, in October, electing captains and demanding that Governor Gooch honor the royal edict. White planters stopped these meetings, arresting some slaves and forcing others to flee. Although hundreds of slaves fled to the Great Dismal Swamp, they were immediately hunted down by the authorities and their Pasquotank allies.
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| dbo:abstract | The Chesapeake rebellion of 1730 was the largest slave rebellion of the colonial period in North America. Believing that Virginian planters had disregarded a royal edict from King George II which freed slaves, two hundred slaves gathered in Princess Anne County, Virginia, in October, electing captains and demanding that Governor Gooch honor the royal edict. White planters stopped these meetings, arresting some slaves and forcing others to flee. Although hundreds of slaves fled to the Great Dismal Swamp, they were immediately hunted down by the authorities and their Pasquotank allies. (en) |
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| dbp:caption | Escaped slaves in the Great Dismal Swamp, where many fled after the suppression of the revolt (en) |
| dbp:causes | Slavery, mistaken belief that King George II had emancipated the slaves (en) |
| dbp:date | 1730 (xsd:integer) |
| dbp:goals | Liberation (en) |
| dbp:howmany | 200 (xsd:integer) |
| dbp:imageSize | 250 (xsd:integer) |
| dbp:partof | the Slave Revolts in North America (en) |
| dbp:place | dbr:Colony_of_Virginia dbr:Princess_Anne_County,_Virginia |
| dbp:result | Suppression (en) |
| dbp:side | Rebel slaves (en) Colonial Government of Virginia (en) Native American groups (en) |
| dbp:title | Chesapeake Rebellion (en) |
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| rdfs:comment | The Chesapeake rebellion of 1730 was the largest slave rebellion of the colonial period in North America. Believing that Virginian planters had disregarded a royal edict from King George II which freed slaves, two hundred slaves gathered in Princess Anne County, Virginia, in October, electing captains and demanding that Governor Gooch honor the royal edict. White planters stopped these meetings, arresting some slaves and forcing others to flee. Although hundreds of slaves fled to the Great Dismal Swamp, they were immediately hunted down by the authorities and their Pasquotank allies. (en) |
| rdfs:label | Chesapeake rebellion (en) |
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