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The very first serious recorded African rebellion against slavery was in Gloucester, Virginia.
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Slaves and indentured servants from Virginia joined Bacon's Rebellion proving that poor African Americans and poor whites could join together in a cause and be sucessful.
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Maryland changes law that made children born to black women or black children born to white women to be slaves. They changed the law in 1681 that allowed the children to be free from slavery.
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Pennsylvania Quakers in Germantown pass an anit-slavery resolution, which was the first formal anti-slavery action in the Americas.
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Pennyslvania prohibits the importation of blacks onto their land. This was the first state to make such a stand against slavery.
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In New York, 23 slaves gathered together to rebel against their unfair treatment. This rebellion was a first for mainland America. They killed eight whites and harmed 12 prior to being defeated.
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African rebellion in Stono, South Carolina (aka: Stono Rebellion,Cato's Conspiracy, or Cato's Rebellion) is one of the earliest known organized acts of rebellion against slavery in the Americas. The rebellion of the African slaves killed many white people before being defeated. Additionally, it created fears in the rulers and made them very aware that they weren't prepared for the reprocution of holding slaves.
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In 1741, New Yorkers experience outbreaks of fires which was blamed on blacks conspiring to burn the town down. The New York Slave Insurrection, also known as the Great Negro Plot of 1741 or The Great New York Conspiracy of 1741, is the name given to the supposed plot.
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The Quakers of Pennsylvania are first to prohibit slavery among their people.
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In 1774, Georgia, Connecticut, and Rhode Island began prohibiting slave importation. Source: >www.history.com</a>' >www.history.com</a>
