In the summer of 1781, this British General moved his army t…

In the summer of 1781, this British General moved his army to Yorktown, Virginia. Sensing an opportunity, a combined French and American force of sixteen thousand men swarmed the peninsula in September 1781.  In October 1781, the American forces began the battle for Yorktown, and after a siege that lasted eight days, the British capitulated on October 19. Who was this British General?

A notable slave uprising took place in South Carolina in Sep…

A notable slave uprising took place in South Carolina in September 1739. A literate Angolan led a large group of captive Africans in an armed insurrection against White colonists. The militia suppressed the rebellion after a battle in which both enslaved people and militiamen were killed, and the remaining rebels were executed or sold to enslavers in the West Indies.