Vast Public Indifference

History, grad school, and gravestones!

Pages

  • Home
  • Further Reading

Friday, September 9, 2011

Stono Rebellion

Stono Rebellion: September 9, 1739
Posted by Caitlin GD Hopkins at 11:42 AM
Labels: Peter H. Wood, slavery, South Carolina

No comments:

Post a Comment

Newer Post Older Post Home
Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

Featured Series:

Featured Series:
101 Ways to Say "Died"

Take the Quiz!

Take the Quiz!
Muppet or Connecticutian?

Presidential Names

Picture Policy

Please feel free to use any of my gravestone pics for educational purposes. If you want to repost them on your own blog or website, all I ask is that you give me credit and a link! If you'd like to use them for any other purpose, please email me for permission.

Popular Posts

  • "Remember Me As You Pass By"
    Most people who are familiar with old American gravestones know the old verse, Remember me as you pass by, As you are now, so once was I, A...
  • 101 Ways to Say "Died"
    Starting today, I'm going to start running a series called "101 Ways to Say Died ." In this project, I will be cataloging all ...
  • Pixar's Gender Problem
    This post has very little to do with history, so feel free to skip it if that's what you come here for. Pete and I went to see WALL-E...
  • Confederates in Harvard's Memorial Hall
    via With the advent of the sesquicentennial, there has been a surge of interest in all things related to the Civil War. At Harvard, t...
  • On Art and Criticism
    It's been quite a day here at VPI. I usually get fewer than 50 hits per day, mostly from people looking for gravestones or Puritan names...
  • Six Percent
    What do you think when you hear "6%"? Chances are, if you're interested in the Civil War or Civil War memory, you may recogn...
  • An Immature Post About How Immature I Am
    I didn't blog when I was working as an elementary school teacher. Now, I sort of wish that I had — I'm sure I've forgotten 1,000...
  • Harvard Admissions Exam
    This version of the Harvard Admission Exam (1869) has been going around among the graduate students. It includes sections on Latin and Gree...
  • The Will of Lydia Dyer
    Whenever I am doing archival research, I am always delighted to find a will. Wills are some of the most illuminating documents left by ordin...
  • Another Tough Name
    Here's another perfectly fine 18th-century name that would cause problems on a modern American playground: Gayer Coffin . From the B...

Blog Archive:

  • ►  2013 (8)
    • ►  May (4)
    • ►  April (3)
    • ►  January (1)
  • ►  2012 (25)
    • ►  December (2)
    • ►  October (1)
    • ►  September (3)
    • ►  August (2)
    • ►  July (2)
    • ►  May (3)
    • ►  April (5)
    • ►  March (2)
    • ►  February (5)
  • ▼  2011 (127)
    • ►  October (2)
    • ▼  September (4)
      • Kansas Jayhawks
      • Stanley-Whitman House
      • Sexy George Washington
      • Stono Rebellion
    • ►  August (8)
    • ►  June (6)
    • ►  May (12)
    • ►  April (15)
    • ►  March (22)
    • ►  February (29)
    • ►  January (29)
  • ►  2010 (454)
    • ►  December (30)
    • ►  November (32)
    • ►  October (33)
    • ►  September (38)
    • ►  August (45)
    • ►  July (42)
    • ►  June (46)
    • ►  May (45)
    • ►  April (52)
    • ►  March (44)
    • ►  February (25)
    • ►  January (22)
  • ►  2009 (416)
    • ►  December (27)
    • ►  November (46)
    • ►  October (42)
    • ►  September (28)
    • ►  August (21)
    • ►  July (42)
    • ►  June (42)
    • ►  May (36)
    • ►  April (39)
    • ►  March (43)
    • ►  February (18)
    • ►  January (32)
  • ►  2008 (407)
    • ►  December (23)
    • ►  November (29)
    • ►  October (43)
    • ►  September (48)
    • ►  August (38)
    • ►  July (59)
    • ►  June (40)
    • ►  May (38)
    • ►  April (38)
    • ►  March (33)
    • ►  February (15)
    • ►  January (3)

Blogs I Like:

History Sites:

  • A Very Grave Matter
  • Brown Univ. Gravestones Course
  • Common Place
  • Connecticut Historical Society
  • Do History
  • Elizabeth Murray Project
  • Mass. Historical Society

Emblem, Journal of the Proceedings of the Continental Congress, 1774
Picture Window theme. Theme images by billnoll. Powered by Blogger.