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Stono Slave Rebellion at the Elliot and Rose Plantations

Charleston, South Carolina5200 Savannah Highway1 min readFile amended Directions

Stono Slave Rebellion at the Elliot and Rose Plantations is a historic site in Charleston, South Carolina, a National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing. NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad. It sits in the archive under dark history, Underground Railroad history and the Underground Railroad. The dossier holds 2 documented facts — the record is history-forward, no paranormal claims on file. The site is open to visitors.

Archive note: 3 conflicting records
Status
Operating
Designation
National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing
Coordinates
32.828, -79.973 · Approximate (city centroid)

NPS public listing access field: Yes. This is a listing snapshot; current arrangements still require confirmation.

Is Stono Slave Rebellion at the Elliot and Rose Plantations haunted?

No claims are filed here — the record keeps this place for its documented history, not for a haunting on file.

The record — long form

Stono is the marched — the 'Liberty!' that's the chant raised, the 'drums beaten' that's the parade loud. The 'September '39' is the dawn — the 'store seized' that's the weapons took, the 'two executed' that's the guards killed. The 'Florida aimed' is the meant — the 'Spanish promise' that's the freedom south, the 'Pon Pon Road' that's the march's path.

The 'fifty to hundreds' is the swelled — the 'plantations joined' that's the ranks grew, the 'twenty killed' that's the whites fell. The 'heads on posts' is the answered — the 'militia caught' that's the field surrounded, the 'Negro Act' that's the law's revenge. Stono is the loudest — the 'not secret' that's the daylight rose, the 'largest colonial' that's the revolt's size.

The file keeps Stono: the dawn raid, the Liberty chant, the Florida aim, and the posts' warning.

Stono is the archive's South Carolina file — the rebellion that marched in daylight.

Why this file matters

Stono is the archive's South Carolina file — the largest colonial revolt, marching south to Spanish freedom.

A field keeps its march — the file's suggestion being that Stono's hold is the loud: the 'Liberty!' that's the chant heard, the 'drums' that's the parade kept, and the 'heads on posts' that's the colony's terror answered.

Two accounts on file

Short Description
On file

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Also reported

The 1739 rebellion—where the largest slave revolt began.

Preserve both source-backed variants; no automatic overwrite.

Historic Designation
On file

National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing

Also reported

NPS Network to Freedom

Preserve both source-backed variants; no automatic overwrite.

Research Notes
On file

Government-registry discovery record, unique ID 41SC02, source row 644. Inclusion concerns slavery, freedom-seeking and resistance history; no haunting is inferred. City, coordinates and detailed history are not inferred from the name. The source Year Established field is not treated as year built/opened.

Also reported

UGRR enrichment wave 4; VERIFY task auto-queued.

Preserve both source-backed variants; no automatic overwrite.

Documented history

  • NPS includes this site in the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom. A documented site gives the file real substance; this entry is part of that record. The record holds it as fact — documented, not retold. The detail is preserved in 'Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01'. It anchors the timeline the rest of the file hangs from.

    Verified historyNational Park Service
  • Stono Slave Rebellion at the Elliot and Rose Plantations is documented on the National Park Service Network to Freedom for its role in the Underground Railroad. Stono Slave Rebellion at the Elliot and Rose Plantations' past is on record — the entry belongs to the verified layer the museum itself interprets. This belongs to the verified spine of the entry, the layer everything else is measured against. Sources including 'NPS Network to Freedom listing' carry the record. The date is part of the site's documented spine.

    Verified historyNational Park Service

Sources on file

Field notes & open questions

Government-registry discovery record, unique ID 41SC02, source row 644. Inclusion concerns slavery, freedom-seeking and resistance history; no haunting is inferred. City, coordinates and detailed history are not inferred from the name. The source Year Established field is not treated as year built/opened.

"Stono Slave Rebellion at the Elliot and Rose Plantations." HauntHunt dossier 1084, https://haunthunt.com/place/stono-slave-rebellion-at-the-elliot-and-rose-plantations-south-carolina/ (file amended October 2, 2026).

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