Slave revolts escalated beyond earlier resistance in scale and organization

Evidence

In September 1739 South Carolina was shaken by an incident which became known as the Stono Uprising. A group of slaves struck a violent but abortive blow for liberation which resulted in the deaths of more than sixty people. Fewer than twenty-five white lives were taken, and property damage was localized, but the episode represented a new dimension in overt resistance. Free colonists, whose anxieties about controlling slaves had been growing for some time, saw their fears of open violence realized, and this in turn generated new fears. — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 710

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the reader’s existing interest in rebellion and resistance against colonial systems across the source material.