Rantowles, South Carolina is an unincorporated community in what is now

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, and Ravenel,

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, near the

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and Stono Swamp. It has been home to African Americans. Rantowles Creek runs through the area. Google maps places it specifically at the intersection of SC 162 and United States Route 17. It is the near the Stono River Slave Rebellion Site, a U.S.

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and location of the start of the

Stono Rebellion The Stono Rebellion (also known as Cato's Conspiracy or Cato's Rebellion) was a slave revolt that began on 9 September 1739, in the colony of South Carolina. It was the largest slave rebellion in the Southern Colonies, with 25 colonists and 35 t ...

, the first large-scale slave revolt in the United States. There was a Rantowles Depot. There is a Rantowles Bridge. Rantowles Creek feeds into the

. Coburg Dairy was established in the area. Benjamin Simmoms stated he lived at Rantowles on Russell Island (The Russell Creek Plantation is on

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). ''Rescue Rantowles Creek'' is a film promoting conservation of the tidal estuary.

References

Neighborhoods in South Carolina Unincorporated communities in Charleston County, South Carolina {{SouthCarolina-geo-stub