The Stono River or Creek is a tidal channel in southeast
South Carolina
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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 between Johns (West) and
James (East) Islands. The
Intracoastal Waterway runs through southwest–northeast section of the channel.
In 1725,
Columbian mammoth teeth were excavated from the vicinity by African slaves, with the slaves correctly noting the resemblance to teeth of
African elephants from their homeland.
The Stono River is noted for the
Stono Rebellion which started on September 9, 1739. Started by slaves from West Africa, likely from the
Kingdom of Kongo
The Kingdom of Kongo ( or ''Wene wa Kongo;'' ) was a kingdom in Central Africa. It was located in present-day northern Angola, the western portion of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Gabon and the Republic of the Congo. At its gre ...
, 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 during the American Revolution.
On January 30, 1863, as part of the
American Civil War
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861May 26, 1865; also known by Names of the American Civil War, other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union (American Civil War), Union ("the North") and the Confederate States of A ...
, a Confederate force captured the Union steamer
USS ''Isaac Smith'' in which 8 men died and a further 17 were wounded in crossfire.
Bridges
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John F. Limehouse Memorial Bridge
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Paul J. Gelegotis Memorial Bridge
See also
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Waterways forming and crossings of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway
References
Rivers of South Carolina
Rivers of Berkeley County, South Carolina
Rivers of Charleston County, South Carolina
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