Perspective: On the Fourth of July, enslaved Americans demanded the freedom promised by the Declaration of Independence.
He also revealed the originally scheduled date for the rebellion: “It was intended by us to have begun the work of death on the 4th of July last.” But for a brief illness, Turner and his followers would have turned the national holiday into a nightmare for enslavers and their proslavery allies.
Despite Dalcho’s admonishment, enslaved people continued to observe Independence Day and use it as a flash point for resistance. Evidence abounds in the classified pages of southern newspapers, which every summer documented the flight of enslaved people on Independence Day.A particularly memorable advertisement began: “$250 Reward! Runaway from the subscriber, on the 4th of July, a negro man named Henry.
Over Independence Day weekend, they abandoned their enslavers and overseers and began the long and dangerous trek north toward Pennsylvania and freedom. As the group passed in formation through Washington, D.C., they caused hysteria among the city’s White population, which responded by sending as many as 200 armed citizens and soldiers in pursuit. Less than three days after taking flight, the fugitives clashed with mounted militiamen on the outskirts of the village of Rockville, Md.
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