Posted @withregram • @peggywhereshouldigo The German Coast Uprising also known as the 1811 uprising of the enslaved. This memorial at Whitney Plantation dramatically presents what happened to the leaders. Rather than being honored as heroes they were killed and their heads were displayed on pikes lining the River Road. I just can’t even wrap my mind around this. To learn more visit the 1811/Kid Ory House where the revolt began. Visit Destrehan Plantation where the leaders were tried. Then visit

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William Charles Cole Claiborne emerged as a political prodigy in America's early republic, entering Congress at just 22 years old—possibly violating the Constitution's age requirement. Born in Virginia around 1775, he rose rapidly through Tennessee politics before President Thomas Jefferson selected him to oversee the Louisiana Purchase's transfer in 1803. As territorial governor from 1804 to 1812, Claiborne faced fierce opposition from French-speaking Creoles who distrusted this young, monoling

5 Enslaved People Who Fought Back Discover the stories of five enslaved people who fought back against slavery with everything they had—stories your history textbooks never taught. Nat Turner (1831): According to Encyclopedia Virginia, this enslaved preacher led the bloodiest slave rebellion in U.S. history, killing 55 white people in Southampton County, Virginia over two days before being captured and executed. Charles Deslondes (1811): According to the American Battlefield Trust, he led the la