The Negro Act of 1740 was passed in response to the Stono Rebellion in 1793 and imposed new limits on enslaved people’s behavior, prohibiting them from assembling, growing their own food, learning to write, and traveling freely.
The Negro Act of 1740 was passed in response to the Stono Rebellion in 1793 and imposed new limits on enslaved people’s behavior, prohibiting them from assembling, growing their own food, learning to write, and traveling freely.