Frightened South Carolinians cut slave imports and tightened plantation discipline. A well-armed, mounted force of South Carolina militia quelled the Stono rebels by killing 44 slaves to suppress the rebellion. When war broke out between England and Spain, 75 Africans led a revolt near the Stono River. The Catholic governor of Spanish Florida instigated the revolt by promising freedom to runaway slaves groups began fleeing to Florida.
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