The slave revolt known as the '1811 German Coast Uprising' took
place on the east coast of the Mississippi River, Louisiana between
the 8th and 10th of January, 1811. It is estimated that between 150
and 500 slaves marched from sugar plantations, burning houses and
crops. Two whites were killed by the slaves. A militia of local
white people, accompanied by troops from the US Army, confronted
the slaves and killed 44. In the following weeks more slaves were
captured and tried, resulting in their execution and the public
display of their bodies.
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