Photo caption: In 2019 about 400 volunteers reenacted -- for the first time -- the rebellious slaves' 30-mile march along the German Coast of the Mississippi River, just west of New Orleans.

As many as 500 slaves rose against their captors in the vicinity of New Orleans, but who knows? 

The largest, bloodiest slave revolt in American history is lost in history -- and the truth about it is deeply buried. Nothing stands to mark it but a shabby slave cabin converted into a makeshift museum and a neglected marker on a lonely roadside. 

With fearful savagery, authorities crushed the uprising and buried it in falsehoods. Fallon digs into that false history, exposing distortions of the truth caused by the deep-seated American construct of race.

Bejunior Fallon, '21, school president in his senior year at The Governor's Academy, hails from Peterborough, NH, and is interested in Black history and creative writing. In his free time, he enjoys gardening, writing and acting. 

This is a virtual event. Register here and a zoom link will be forwarded closer to the date.

Presented by the Museum of Old Newbury and co-sponsored with The Governor's Academy, this is the 8th installment of the popular "Student Symposium" series.

Bejunior Fallon, '21, The Governor’s Academy.