section_path: History/United States territorial era/Slave rebellion
section_name: Slave rebellion
paragraph_text: Slave rebellion
  
  On January 8–11, 1811, about 500 enslaved Africans in St. Charles and St. John the Baptist parishes rose up in the German Coast rebellion against their enslavers, killing two white men in the process. They proceeded to march south toward New Orleans and were eventually controlled by the local militia, with numerous casualties on both sides.The uprising has been called the "largest slave rebellion in US history."