Twitter User Tells Story Of The Most Successful Slave Revolt In U.S. History

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mattstaff
Sep 9, 2019 1:00 PM EDT

This is the story of Abaco, The Bahamas, and what is arguably the most successful slave revolt in U.S. history. Twitter user @michaelharriot, does a kickass job at breaking down the rich historical knowledge in this story, in a way that really keeps the reader engaged and entertained. 

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    Text - 10:38 Thread ICHaeilalmo @michaelharriot Thread: Today I learned the interesting story of Abaco, the island in the Bahamas hit hardest by hurricane Dorian 1:10 AM 07 Sep 19 Twitter for iPhone 17.4K Retweets 34.9K Likes michaelharriot@michaelharriot 21h Replying to @michaelharriot After the Revolutionary War, many of the white people who were loyal to Britain moved to the Bahamas, which was largely empty. A lot of those people brought their enslaved Africans with them 374 2,954 16 michaelh
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    Text - 10:39 Thread michaelharriot @michaelharriot 21h When the US basically bought Florida from Spain, thousands of enslaved Africans and Black Seminoles said "fuck this" and escaped to the Bahamas So many ran to freedom that the US government had to build a lighthouse in Cape Florida in 1825 t389 3,704 11 michaelharriot @michaelharriot 21h In 1834, Britain freed all the slaves in its territories and shit really got crazy See, the Bahamas were a regular stop in the Atlantic. Plus, shipwrecked U
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    Text - 10:39 Thread "Umm, I don't know if you heard but we don't play that slave shit over here. Y'all can ride out but you gotta leave the Africans here. They're free now. "Now we can handle this like gentlemen, or we can get into some Gangsta shit." 1547 7,265 31 michaelharriot @michaelharriot 21h Well this was a problem because slavery was legal in the US Despite what history whitewashers would have you believe about that freedom@and liberty bullshit, we were one of the last countries in Nort
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    Text - 10:39 Thread Well, the Captain tried to explain that slavery was legal in the US, so technically these enslaved people were cargo. But the Bahamians wasn't having that shit. They FORCIBLY FREED the entire ship and was like: "Now runtelldat." t 572 14 8,125 michaelharriot @michaelharriot 21h Of course, these dumb white folks actually ran and told that. The US government got involved but something else happened Enslaved Africans on plantations started hearing about that shit, too! (Yes, shi
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    Text - 10:39 Thread michaelharriot@michaelharriot 21h So Madison was on this slave ship, the Creole, with 143 Africans and 17 white people who had ONE GUN! Dassit! Y'all know shit was about to pop off. t 297 4 3,845 michaelharriot@michaelharriot 21h As soon as one of the crewmen lifted the grate to where they were holding Madison and his crew, they pounced. They killed one of the slave traders immediately (you gotta show muhfuckas you mean business). The wypipo didn't even get a chance to fire t
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    Text - 10:39 Thread michaelharriot @michaelharriot 21h Then one of the revolters said: "Aye Madison, did you hear that story about the Hermosa in the Bahamas? Maybe we should see what they're talking about." *Not a literal translation 8 ti 247 3,689 michaelharriot @michaelharriot 21h So Madison and the slave rebellers get to the Bahamas and a bunch of black soldiers come on board. The captain tells the soldiers that the people were his property but the Bahamians attorney general was like: "y'all
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    Text - 10:40 Thread michaelharriot @michaelharriot 21h So they go above deck and look out on the ocean and witness something astonishing: The slave ship was surrounded by a "fleet" of tiny little boats manned by local Bahamians ready to take the revolters to freedom. They would be free forever. 12 L355 5,008 @michaelharriot 21h But the Bahamians atty. gen. held 17 of the men responsible for the white dude's death michaelharriot on the boat. It became an international incident. The US even tried
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    Text - 10:40 Thread @michaelharriot 21h Now they couldn't be tried for murder because the British had already ruled that enslaved people could do whatever they deemed necessary to get free. So the Bahamians tried the Creole 17 for piracy. michaelharriot 2 1 290 3,701 michaelharriot @michaelharriot 21h The court ruled, in essence, this: "How you gon' charge them with pirating their own bodies? GTFOHWTBS Cased dismissed!" *again, not a literal translation L360 5,898 26 michaelharriot @michaelharri
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    Text - 10:40 Thread t 266 3,731 michaelharriot @michaelharriot 21h They will teach you about slave revolts by Denmark Vessey, Nat Turner and John Brown. But this is the story of Abaco, The Bahamas and what is called: The most successful slave revolt in US history t 2,041 540 18.4K
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