January 8th in History…
208 years ago January 8, 1811 America’s Largest Slave Revolt
500 armed slaves rose up from the plantations and set out to conquer New Orleans.
FAKE NEWS IN 1811
"Official accounts at the time spun the fiction that the revolt was nearly a band of “‘brigands’ out to pillage and plunder,” writes Wendell Hassan Marsh for The Root. But this was the story of the victors— Rasmussen found through the course of his research, not the story of what happened. In reality, the revolt was carefully organized and it threatened to destabilize the institution of slavery in Louisiana."
"The plan was to establish a black state along the banks of the Mississippi. But as the marching group's numbers swelled to more than 500 strong, U.S. federal troops and the slave owners’ militia responded quickly."
TOMORROW POTUS WILL ANNOUNCE OUR OWN SLAVE REVOLT? THIS TIME THE SLAVES WIN!
sauce:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/its-anniversary-1811-louisiana-slave-revolt-180957760/
https://www.npr.org/2011/01/16/132839717/american-rising-when-slaves-took-on-new-orleans