The result of the Stono Rebellion in 1739 was the enactment of stricter slave codes in the South. Occurring in South Carolina, it was one of the largest slave uprisings in the British colonies, where enslaved Africans sought freedom, resulting in violence and the deaths of numerous colonists. The rebellion prompted a fear among slave owners and led to harsher laws regulating the lives of enslaved people, including limitations on movement and assembly. The Stono Rebellion underscored the tensions of the era and the lengths to which enslaved people would go to resist their oppression, influencing subsequent slave laws.