Stono Slave Rebellion: Political Conditions

One of the reason for the Stono Slave Rebellion was political conditions. In the late sixteenth century to the middle of seventeenth century, there was war between the Spain and Britain. The Spanish people controlled Florida whiles the British controlled the rest of the eastern coast. The Spanish caused unrest in the British colonies by giving a decree that any slave who escapes to Florida would be free, should be given fire arm, and would be give a land. This was the Spanish way of unsettling the political structures of the British colonies (Hoffer 54). This gave some sought of hope and opportunity to be free from the harsh and deplorable conditions that the British have put them through. The Spanish people made Florida pleasant to the slaves.