Slavery in the British Colonies

AP US History· difficulty 4/5

The Stono Rebellion (1739) was

A
$A British naval engagement against Spanish ships off the coast of Florida$
B
$The largest slave uprising in the British mainland colonies, in South Carolina$
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C
$A peaceful petition by enslaved Africans to the South Carolina assembly$
D
$A Native uprising of Yamasee warriors against backcountry settlers$

Explanation

About 60-100 enslaved Africans attempted to flee to Spanish Florida; brutally suppressed.

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