Nat Turner’s Rebellion

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Nat Turner’s Rebellion was an 1831 slave uprising in Southampton County, Virginia, led by enslaved preacher Nat Turner, which became one of the most significant and feared revolts in American history.

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instanceOf historical event ⓘ
slave rebellion ⓘ
uprising ⓘ
aftermathDeaths more than 100 Black people killed in reprisals ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Southampton Insurrection ⓘ
cause Nat Turner’s religious visions ⓘ
oppression of enslaved African Americans ⓘ
system of chattel slavery in Virginia ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
documentedIn The Confessions of Nat Turner (1831 pamphlet by Thomas R. Gray) ⓘ
endDate 1831-08-23 ⓘ
endedWith capture of Nat Turner ⓘ
suppression of the uprising by state and local forces ⓘ
hasMainProtagonist Nat Turner ⓘ
historicalContext occurred after the Missouri Compromise era ⓘ
occurred during the antebellum period ⓘ
influenced Northern abolitionist discourse ⓘ
Southern pro-slavery arguments ⓘ
involvedEthnicGroup enslaved African Americans ⓘ
leader Nat Turner ⓘ
legalConsequence harsher laws against manumission in Virginia ⓘ
laws prohibiting teaching enslaved people to read and write ⓘ
tighter controls on slave movement and gatherings ⓘ
location Southampton County, Virginia ⓘ
numberOfDeaths approximately 55 white people killed ⓘ
numberOfParticipants about 70 enslaved and free Black men ⓘ
opposedBy Virginia militia ⓘ
local white posses ⓘ
partOf antebellum South history ⓘ
history of slavery in the United States ⓘ
region American South ⓘ
relatedTo American Civil War causes ⓘ
Gabriel’s Rebellion ⓘ
Stono Rebellion ⓘ
religiousDimension inspired by Nat Turner’s interpretation of Christian visions ⓘ
result death of dozens of white residents in Southampton County ⓘ
execution of Nat Turner ⓘ
execution of many alleged participants ⓘ
heightened sectional tensions over slavery ⓘ
increased restrictions on education and assembly for Black people ⓘ
stricter slave codes in Southern states ⓘ
violent reprisals against enslaved and free Black people ⓘ
significance intensified fears of slave insurrections among white Southerners ⓘ
one of the most significant slave revolts in U.S. history ⓘ
startDate 1831-08-21 ⓘ
state Virginia ⓘ
timePeriod August 1831 ⓘ
year 1831 ⓘ

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Jerusalem, Southampton County, Virginia → event → Nat Turner’s slave rebellion ⓘ
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Southampton Insurrection of 1831 → alsoKnownAs → Nat Turner’s Rebellion ⓘ