The Stono Rebellion; sometimes known as the Cato’s Rebellion or Cato’s Conspiracy to place in South Carolina on September 9, 1739. The Stono Rebellion was led by Jemmy, who was a literate slave. He is also referred to as “Cato”.
On a Sunday morning twenty black south Carolinians took guns and powder from a store called Hutcheson’s store. The black Carolinians wanted Liberty and to get it they headed toward a St. Augustine. They