The Stono River or Creek is a tidal channel in southeast

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, located southwest of Charleston. The channel runs southwest to northeast between the mainland and Wadmalaw Island and Johns Island, from north

Edisto River The Edisto River is one of the longest free-flowing blackwater rivers in North America, flowing over 250 meandering miles from its sources in Saluda and Edgefield counties, to its Atlantic Ocean mouth at Edisto Beach, South Carolina. It rises i ...

between Johns (West) and

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(East) Islands. The

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runs through southwest–northeast section of the channel. The Stono River is noted for 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 ...

which started on September 9, 1739. Started by slaves from West Africa, likely from the

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, it became the largest slave uprising in the British mainland colonies prior to the American Revolution. On June 20, 1779, it was also the site of the

Battle of Stono Ferry The Battle of Stono Ferry was an American Revolutionary War battle, fought on June 20, 1779, near Charleston, South Carolina. The rear guard from a British expedition retreating from an aborted attempt to take Charleston held off an assault by p ...

during the American Revolution. On January 30, 1863, as part of the American Civil War, a Confederate force captured the Union steamer USS ''Isaac Smith'' in which 8 men died and a further 17 were wounded in crossfire.

Bridges

* John F. Limehouse Memorial Bridge * Paul J. Gelegotis Memorial Bridge

References

Rivers of South Carolina Rivers of Berkeley County, South Carolina Rivers of Charleston County, South Carolina {{SouthCarolina-river-stub

Bridges

See also

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