Largest Possible Slave Revolt in American South

ben0628

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So with a pod post American independence, what is the largest a slave revolt can get in the southern United States and how successful can it be?
 
It is tough since unlike the Caribbean islands, blacks never had the overwhelming majority in any large area. not only that the state was very strong and proactive about keeping slavery alive (and that meant keeping slaves down). I'm guessing having the Confederacy win the Civil War is off the table?
 
Perhaps if Nat Turner had not been killed, the revolt might have spread beyond Virginia and lasted longer. However; I can't imagine it would have permanently overthrown slavery much less not been resulted in massive retribution against even those slaves completely innocent of the events.
 
Perhaps if Nat Turner had not been killed, the revolt might have spread beyond Virginia and lasted longer. However; I can't imagine it would have permanently overthrown slavery much less not been resulted in massive retribution against even those slaves completely innocent of the events.

Nat Turner's Revolt was literally a few dozen fighters; best case for it is that the Virginian militias being organized (Which outnumbered the revolt) don't hang them all in the aftermath.
 

ben0628

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Perhaps we could have something similar to the Stono River Rebellion that occurred in the early 1700s? In that Rebellion, slaves took control of a general store, stole guns and ammunition, and attempted to flee to Spanish Florida, freeing fellow slaves along the way. When confronted by South Carolina militia, they actually put up a very good fight before being defeated.

Perhaps slaves in Texas steal weapons, revolt, and flee to Mexico, gain support from the Mexican Government and try to free more slaves?
 
So with a pod post American independence, what is the largest a slave revolt can get in the southern United States and how successful can it be?

Think a lot of people would be surprised by this, but it is possible that-under the right conditions-one could potentially see a mass revolt-or cluster of revolts-that could number as high as tens of thousands of people. Perhaps not until later in the century-or early in the 20th-but definitely possible, if maybe stretching plausibility a little bit.
 
The largest possible slave revolt would probably come in a Confederate independence timeline. Think of the Fenian Raids, only it's USCT veterans against the Confederacy, trying to free their families.
 
During the malarial seasons African people who were enslaved could take the Sea Islands and coastal Southeast but the reality is many slave revolts were foiled not because of say white "might" as it was other enslaved people told outsiders of planned insurrections.
 
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