On February 4, 2016, Ron Roth of the Humanities Council of South Carolina’s Speakers Bureau will present The Stono River Rebellion: South Carolina’s Largest Slave Uprising. Mr. Roth’s Lecture will begin at 6:00 p.m. and include a Q&A segment for the audience afterward. This program, sponsored by The Humanities Council of South Carolina, is FREE and open to the public.

About the Lecture:

In September 1739, approximately one hundred enslaved African Americans living on plantations southwest of Charleston attacked their white owners in one of the bloodiest slave uprisings in the history of North America. Sixty whites and approximately forty African slaves were killed in this bloody confrontation. Mr. Roth’s presentation, The Stono River Rebellion: South Carolina’s Largest Slave Uprising, describes the events which sparked this revolt, the brutal struggle that ensued, and the aftermath of the rebellion as well as its impact on the future of slavery in South Carolina.

About the Lecturer:

As an independent curator and consultant, Ron Roth researched and wrote the script for the permanent exhibition area of the Central Pennsylvania African American Museum in Reading, Pennsylvania as well as its exhibit on the Underground Railroad in central Pennsylvania. Most recently, he curated and designed a permanent exhibition for the Historic Beaufort Foundation in Beaufort, South Carolina, on the history of the Beaufort Volunteer Artillery, one of the nation’s oldest organized military units. Roth was a historian for the Gettysburg National Military Park and a Licensed Battlefield Guide at Gettysburg.

He received his bachelor’s degree in history from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, and a Masters-At-Teaching degree in Museum Studies from George Washington University, Washington D.C.

Date/Time

02/04/2016, 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Location

The Charleston Museum
360 Meeting Street
Charleston, South Carolina 29403