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Revolt in York, Pennsylvania (1803) (Photo: Three Lions/Getty Images)

A slave rebellion unites enslaved Africans with Indigenous people in what is now known as South Carolina.

Date: 1526

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Revolt in York, Pennsylvania (1803) (Photo: Three Lions/Getty Images)

The Black Indians of the Pee Dee River set up the first colony on the continent that calls for and practices equality for all people. The Pee Dee people create a trade network through the lands now known as Georgia, Tennessee, and the Carolinas, migrating to what is now known as the South Carolina coast to avoid Spanish "slave" raids.