Beschrijving

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Nat Turner’s Rebellion (also known as the Southampton Insurrection) was a slave rebellion that took place in Southampton County, Virginia during August 1831. Led by Nat Turner, rebel slaves killed approximately 55 white people, the highest number of fatalities caused by slave uprisings in the South. The rebellion was put down within a few days, but Turner survived in hiding for several months afterward. In the aftermath, there was widespread fear, and white militias organized in retaliation against slaves. In the frenzy, many innocent enslaved people were punished. At least 100 blacks, and probably more, were killed.