In July 1849, a rebellion kicked off at the Charleston Workhouse, a downtown prison for the enslaved. It was a city-run place, where masters locked up and punished Black people. Public floggings, stocks, treadmill, exhaustive work - the lot. On that fateful day, a fellow named Nicholas Kelly, an enslaved man, gathered rebels, boldly unchained some enslaved folks, but quick as lightning, they were recaptured. The revolt marked a significant moment in Charleston's enslaved history, kick-starting improved security measures and a reconsideration of punishment strategies.
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