Two Views of the Stono Slave Rebellion review
Two Views of the Stono Slave Rebellion review The Stono Slave Rebellion took place on Sunday, 9 September 1739, was a slave uprising that, although the actual event was short lived, it caused major changes on the treatment of slaves in America, the largest change being the slaves loss of Sundays to work freely for themselves. and it was The two documents, An Account of the Negroe Insurrection in South Carolina, and A Family Account of the Stono Uprising, are documents that explain the Stono Slave rebellion in very different ways. These two documents, greatly differ in the time each document was written, who wrote it, and the purpose of it's being written. First off, the time that each document was written. The Stono Slave Rebellion happened in 1739, and the first document was written in the same year. The second document, however was written in 1937, 198 years later. This brings its credibility into question, due to its being so long after the rebellion happened, and weather or not the facts of the case have been altered over the years is hard to prove. Secondly, who wrote each document. The first document is written by a white official who show's clear racial bias, that was common for free whites in that time. He says things such as, “The Carolina Planters... did not torture one Negroe, but only put them to an easy death.” (2). He is clearly lessening the importance of the death of the slaves, and making the Carolina Planters out to be heroes for stopping these slaves. In contrast, the second document is written by the great-great-grandson of one of the supposed leaders of the rebellion. This means that they are much less likely to discriminate the slaves due to their race of position like a free white in that time would be. One similarity is that both people are far enough removed from the situation, which helps with the reliability of each document. Finally, the purpose of each document being written. The first document was written to inform the