Hello and welcome to this day in esoteric political history from Radiotopia.

My name is Jody Avergan.

This day, January 181111 it is the immediate aftermath of what came to be known as the German

Coast Uprising, a revolt by enslaved people in parts of the Territory of Orleans in the first week of January 1811.

This took place in the parishes just outside of New Orleans largely on these enormous

sugar plantations that had grown up in the previous decades around New Orleans

and like any story that features New Orleans, this one is a truly fascinating mix of

different cultures and forces of history all colliding in this one epic moment.

Not to mention a truly remarkable figure who we haven't talked about on this show,

Charles Deslons, an enslaved man who led the revolution.

So let's talk about 1811, Charles Deslons,

one of America's largest and largely forgotten

slave revolts.

Here, as always, Nicole Hammer of Vanderbilt

and Kelly Carter Jackson of Wellesley.

Hello there. Hello Jody. Hey there. So a few little tidbits before we jump in but

we're going to go with Deslons as the pronunciation here. If you were saying this in Spanish and this will tell you how it's

spelled but you'd say Des Londes but you know I think Deslons is actually a band from

New Orleans I really love called the Deslons spelled this way and shout out to them one of my favorite

favorite bands but and also I will say I think people on this show probably have picked up on my love of New Orleans

probably my favorite city in the country other than New York but in many

ways because I think it just embodies and like lives so much of its history and

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