Nat Turner’s Insurrection
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History: North American Series
- Categories: Government and Politics, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Military History
- Subcategories: African Americans, Blacks, Race, Ethnicity, Racism, Slavery, Slaves, Revolutions, Rebellions, Uprisings, Riots, Discrimination, Prejudice
- Curriculum: African American History, American History 1816-1855
- Geographical Location: Virginia
- Date: August 21, 1831
Article abstract: A successful slave revolt sends fear through the Southern white community and prompts legislation prohibiting the assembly, education, and movement of plantation slaves.
Summary of Event
Although neither the first attempted slave rebellion nor the last during the more than two centuries of African American slavery, Nat Turner’s assault against the whites in southeastern Virginia marked the only time a group of black slaves banded together to strike successfully against their white masters. Turner, as far as is known, spent his entire...
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