One-hundred, thirty-five slaves, aboard the Creole, successfully revolt against their captors, who were transporting their “cargo” from Hampton Roads, Virginia to New Orleans, Louisiana, where they were to be sold at a considerable profit.
NOTE: Life as a slave became increasingly harsh the further south one went in the Union, which is probably why the slaves revolted.
Postscript: The self-emancipated slaves were freed by the British enclave of the Bahamas the following month.
[restored 1/15/2022]
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Authority:
unanimous Declaration (of Independence), Paragraph 2
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References:
Calvin D. Linton, ed. The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 117.
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