Remembering the Victims of Slavery: 10 Organized Rebellions in History

Rapper J. Cole led a rebellion in his latest music video.

J. Cole Leads Revolt in ‘G.O.M.D.’ - March 25 is International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. The gruesome journey claimed the lives of millions of Africans and led the survivors to an oppressive world of chattel slavery. Many died, but others chose to rebel against their masters by running away or killing them. Rapper J. Cole’s latest music video, "G.O.M.D," takes the viewer back into the antebellum South as he plays a house slave who leads a revolt on a plantation. BET.com takes a look at real-life slave rebellions.  — Natelege Whaley (@Natelege_) (Photo: Roc Nation)
1526: The First Documented Rebellion - One hundred enslaved Africans acted out the first slave rebellion in America at a town settlement founded by Spanish explorer Lucas Vasquez de Ayllon near the Pedee River in South Carolina. When Ayllon died, the settlement became unstable. The enslaved took their chances and killed their masters. The survivors were then able to return to the island of Hispaniola in December 1526, according to SlaveRebellion.org.   (Photo: Rischgitz/Getty Images)
1691: Mingoe Leads Virginia Uprising - Mingoe was the leader of the “maroon raiders” in Middlesex County, Virginia, according to Black Movements in America by Cedric J. Robinson. The group escaped enslavement and raided a plantation for guns and cattle. Mingoe was captured and tried in court for the crime. (Photo: MPI/Getty Images)1711: Slave Revolt in South Carolina - A maroon leader named Sebastian caused enough trouble for authorities and the Governor of the South Carolina colony in 1711 that people feared for their lives, according to Slavery in the United States by Junius P. Rodriguez. The group raided plantations. The rebel community inspired a spirit of resistance among slaves in the colony until Sebastian was killed by an Indian hunter.  (Photo: Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

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J. Cole Leads Revolt in ‘G.O.M.D.’ - March 25 is International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. The gruesome journey claimed the lives of millions of Africans and led the survivors to an oppressive world of chattel slavery. Many died, but others chose to rebel against their masters by running away or killing them. Rapper J. Cole’s latest music video, "G.O.M.D," takes the viewer back into the antebellum South as he plays a house slave who leads a revolt on a plantation. BET.com takes a look at real-life slave rebellions.  — Natelege Whaley (@Natelege_) (Photo: Roc Nation)

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