"On the 9th day of September last being Sunday... a number of Negroes assembled together at Stono, first plundered and burnt Mr. Godfrey's house and killed him, his daughter and son. They then turned back and marched towards Mr. Wallace's tavern... calling out Liberty, marched on with colours displayed, and two drums beating." — Report to South Carolina Assembly on the Stono Rebellion, 1739
Which legislative response by South Carolina followed most directly from the rebellion described here?
- A
The chartering of Georgia as a slavery-free buffer colony
- B
The immediate gradual-emancipation statute modeled on Pennsylvania's 1780 law
- C
The granting of full common-law jury rights to enslaved defendants
- Dcheck_circle
The 1740 Negro Act, restricting enslaved people's movement, assembly, education, and drumming
Explanation
The 1740 Negro Act tightened controls on enslaved people, including bans on assembly and on drums (which had been used at Stono). Pennsylvania's 1780 gradual-emancipation law came decades later in another colony; enslaved defendants did not gain common-law jury rights; and Georgia's slavery-free charter (1732) preceded Stono and was unrelated to it.