Esperanza de Lima The Woman Who Burned 14 Plantation Owners Alive in a Coal Furnace (1716)

Описание: Esperanza de Lima, Greyfield Massacre, slave rebellion history, colonial America dark

In the brutal world of colonial South Carolina, enslaved people were treated as property—silent, powerless, and disposable. But in 1716, one woman shattered that illusion forever.

This video uncovers the terrifying and suppressed story of Esperanza de Lima, an enslaved woman whose carefully planned act of revenge resulted in the deaths of 14 of the most powerful plantation owners in the colony. Found burned alive in a coal furnace, their bodies arranged in a ritualistic circle, the massacre shocked colonial authorities and terrified slaveholders across the region.

The only witness was Esperanza herself—calm, composed, and unrepentant. What followed was one of the largest historical cover-ups in early American history, with records sealed by the governor and the truth buried for centuries.

On The Lost Voices, we bring that truth back into the light.

This is not just a story of violence—it is a story of resistance, memory, and justice delayed but never denied. Esperanza de Lima reminds us that even in the darkest systems of oppression, the human spirit can observe, endure, and strike back. History may erase names, but it cannot erase consequences.


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