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- Rebellions Abroad! — by Travis Heeren
- A Glossary of Black Women in Rebellion — by Kaylor MacLaughlin
- Rumored — by Serena Morgan
- Fragmented Individual Acts of Rebellion — by Twila Neiwert
- John Brown, Harpers Ferry, and the Media — by Bessie Rudd
- Louisiana: Rumors and Insurrections — by Stephanie Smith
- Revolutionaries & Art in Black Cuban Uprisings — by Jiesha Stephens
- Mapping Rumored Rebellions in the South — by Jalen Thompson
- Black Asylum and Sovereignty — by Adam Vernon
- Days in a Demi-Decade: Miscellaneous Rebellions in 19th Century African American Newspapers (1856-1860) — by Hannah Zeller
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November 27, 1856: In The National Era, "General Intelligence"
The Full Page: Transcribed "General Intelligence" Section
Scroll your mouse over this page from The National Era's publication on November 27, 1856, to find the "General Intelligence" section. In it, you will find accounts of rebellion and resistance to enslavement that have been marked and transcribed.
A Closer Look: Annotated Rebellions in the "General Intelligence" Section
Below are each of the transcribed newspaper entries from the page above in a larger format. Alongside the entries are brief descriptions of the content of the entry and how it fits within a history of open rebellions against slavery.
"Horrible Tragedy"
This entry tells of an open rebellion enacted by an enslaved man when he killed his enslaver and escaped. This rebellion is contextualized as a "horrible tragedy." While this rebellion was not marked as one at the time of this publication, the enslaved man's act of resistance is one that occurred through the murder of his enslaver.
"Slave Troubles in Missouri"
This section, titled "Slave Troubles in Missouri," tells of reports of rumored planned rebellions between enslaved people from multiple states. The rebellion was rumored to be planned to occur on December 25th. While this is not a report of a confirmed rebellion, it demonstrates the pervasiveness of rebellion and resistance in this time through the demonstration of the anxieties surrounding this possibility.
These two accounts demonstrate the variation that existed within the methods and scale of rebellions during enslavement.