Negroes Rising

This episode is the reading of a newspaper article about a successful takeover of a slave ship in 1730. It is the account of Captain George Scot, detailing how he lost command of his slave ship to the enslaved, who then returned the ship to the west coast of Africa, freeing the 96 enslaved men, women and children on board.

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American Slavery Remembered honors the lives of the millions of Black people enslaved in the United States of America. Here you will find their stories read just as they were written. May we never forget the souls who lived, suffered and died in the making of America.