Stono Rebellion
The Stono Rebellion (sometimes called Cato's Conspiracy or Cato's Rebellion) was a slave rebellion that began on 9 September 1739, in the colony of South Carolina. It was the largest slave uprising in the British mainland colonies, with 42-47 whites and 44 blacks killed. The uprising was led by native Africans who were likely from the Central African Kingdom of Kongo. Some of the rebels spoke Portuguese. Their leader Jemmy was a literate slave; in some reports he is referred to as "Cato", and likely was held by the Cato, or Cater, family who lived near the Ashley River and north of the Stono River. He led 20 other enslaved Kongolese, who may have been former soldiers, in an armed march south from the Stono River (for which the rebellion is named). They were bound for Spanish Florida. In an effort to destabilize British rule, the Spanish had promised freedom and land at St. Augustine to slaves who escaped from the British colonies.
Jemmy and his group recruited nearly 60 other slaves and killed some whites before being intercepted and defeated by South Carolina militia near the Edisto River. A group of slaves escaped and traveled another 30 miles (50 km) before battling a week later with the militia. Most of the captured slaves were executed; the surviving few were sold to markets in the West Indies.
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by Kyle Bent
Stono Rebellion
by: Kyle Bent[1 verse] Here I go-go,
rappers is saying oh no,
he oh so, immortal,
so sick he needs a doc, no ortho,
watch he's in the sky like ozone,
bars way above normal,
suits every beat like it's formal,
so in case these bozos dont know,
I be doing it solo,
Im done being push around so you can call this the stono,
rebellion, im elegant, with the rhymes,
you irrelevant, all the time,
telling me this ,I dont give an "uh", cause Im celibate in the mind,
Im so venomous in these lines, watch for the snakes trying to take your
shine,
remind you the fame might make you blind, so keep your family by your side,
besides, have you heard
I'm the hottest out the burbs,
plus everything you've heard thats just modest I dont care,
make my name into something,
see these lames they aint nothing,
heard them pigs asking for beef well then I'm huffing and puffing,
subtracting these rappers cause they aint equal to I,
like blinds playing I-spy we aint seeing you guys,
never mind I surprise every time I arrive,
cause I'm supposed to be dead but somehow I just survive,
chicks be giving me head cause they be loving my style,
homies giving me cred cause who is better than kyle?
I'm sunning these rappers and I am only umpteen,
funny how these people feel me but my flow is unseen,
don't need alot of friends run with only one team,
I be killing all these rappers I aint finnah come clean,
but anyway, spitting heavy ,you just featherweight,
hotter than the peppers the devil ate, but I'm waiting at the heaven gates,
I annotate the story of my life, give me a better fate,
oh wait, saying you nicer than me, no way hose ,
that’s bull ,okay, Olay,
cause I am nicer than your idol,
and all my lines is vital,
dont mistake me as your rival,
I see passed you with my eyes closed,
I know they follow where ever I go,
my behavior is mindless now tell me where did my mind go,
vango in the paint like rondo,
kick my feet up like tae bo, getting trees like mangoes,
sleeping on me hallow, with a halo tell me how low can you go,
melting everything around me like a lava in the snow,
it's no problem and you know, still the hottest with the flow,
all my dollars imma blow once I blow up in this bro,
under-rated, hated, but still these dudes play it,