slave insurrection

Frequency: 4.00.2 per million words

a rebellion by enslaved people

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  • In 1822 he planned a slave insurrection in South Carolina.
  • The historical records detail several violent slave insurrections in the Caribbean.
  • Fear of a slave insurrection led to stricter laws in the antebellum South.
  • A widespread slave insurrection fundamentally altered the course of the revolution.
  • Historians continue to debate the causes and impacts of that particular slave insurrection.
  • The news of the slave insurrection spread quickly through the plantations.
  • Despite the harsh reprisals, the spirit of slave insurrection persisted in many regions.
  • The novel vividly portrays the desperate courage of those who participated in the slave insurrection.
  • Leaders of the slave insurrection sought freedom and justice for their people.
  • Any hint of a potential slave insurrection was met with extreme force.