The 1811 German Coast Slave Uprising

The 1811 German Coast Uprising (8-11 January 1811) was the largest slave revolt in US history involving between 300-500 enslaved and free Blacks in the Louisiana parishes of St. John the Baptist, St. Charles, and Jefferson in the Territory of Orleans. The revolt was brutally crushed by militia, and US military and official reports minimized its scope.

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