Carolinas

=__**Terms**__= __**Stono Rebellion**__- This was the largest slave rebellion ever to happen before the Revolutionary War. This rebellion is named for the river Stono which was north of the rebellion. It was led by "Jemmy" a literate slave from the Kingdom of Kongo. He recruited more than 60 slaves in his rebellion. In the final battle 20 whites and 44 slaves were killed. Although the rebellion was surpressed and the Negro Act of 1740 (which restricted education and assemble of slaves) was passed it was still somewhat successful. Laws were also made to penalize any harsh treatment of slaves by slaveholders. This belongs on this page because the rebellion took place in south carolina. Image of slaves revolting against the white slave-owners. (Sam Steinfels) This a picture of slaves preparing a field for rice to be grown on. (Mark Abtahi, Anthony DiCristofano)
 * __Rice Patties-__** This was a popular crop that was mainly grown in the Carolina's because of their warm climate and fertile soil. Although this crop was popular, it was hard to grow and it took a lot of labor to grow it so many colonists refused to work out for it. The Carolina sun was too much for the all white colonists so they outsourced the labor for it to African slaves. They were used to that sun and heat and they also were experts are growing rice patties because they were used to it from Africa. My partner and I choose to put this under the Carolina's page because that is where this crop was mainly grown in America and it helped the Carolina economy a lot.

__**Indigo**__-Eliza Lucas, an Antiguan woman in charge of her family’s North American plantations, had experimented with cultivating indigo. Soon enough, in the early 1740s, the West Indian plant had become a staple crop to South Carolina. Due to the colony’s high grounds, the plant could grow relatively easy, unlike the ever-so popular rice planting. Also a positive was that “…its harvest came while the rice was still growing” (78). The plant, which produced a blue dye named indigo, was popular in Europe, and had caused South Carolina’s economy to thrive, as it became trendy import in countries such as England. This term belongs in the Carolinas section because Eliza Lucas, who was from South Carolina, experimented and made dye from the plant, and it served as a lucrative cash crop for the colony. (Jenny Mocarski)