 In 1739, a group of around 20 slaves led by a man named Jemi, organized what became known as the Stono Rebellion, the largest slave revolt ever staged in the Thirteen Colony. On a day of rest from labor, the group, many of whom were experienced soldiers from the Yamasee War or their homes in Angola where they had been trained in the use of weapons, gathered at the Stono River. They first raided a warehouse, like store called Hutchinson's, executing the white owners and placing their heads on the store's front steps. They then moved on to other houses in the area, killing occupants and burning structures, with the aim of marching to St. Augustine, Florida, where they could be free, under Spanish law. Not all slaves joined the insurrection, but many did, and the group soon grew to around 100 people as they marched a carried banners and shouted Liberty using the word Locongo in their native Kikongo language, which expressed the ideals of Liberty and possibly salvation in English and possibly salvation in English.