Southampton Insurrection of 1831

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The Southampton Insurrection of 1831 was a major slave rebellion in Southampton County, Virginia, led by Nat Turner, that intensified sectional tensions over slavery in the United States.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf armed uprising ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
slave rebellion ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Nat Turner’s Rebellion ⓘ
category 1831 in the United States ⓘ
African-American history of Virginia ⓘ
History of Virginia ⓘ
Slave rebellions in the United States ⓘ
cause Nat Turner’s religious visions ⓘ
chattel slavery in the United States ⓘ
oppression of enslaved African Americans ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
documentedIn The Confessions of Nat Turner (1831 pamphlet by Thomas R. Gray) ⓘ
endDate 1831-08-23 ⓘ
historicalContext United States slavery system ⓘ
rise of abolitionist movement in the 1830s ⓘ
impact heightened fears of slave insurrections among white Southerners ⓘ
influenced antebellum debates on slavery ⓘ
intensified sectional tensions over slavery in the United States ⓘ
leader Nat Turner ⓘ
legalAftermath new legislation restricting Black preaching and religious meetings ⓘ
new legislation restricting manumission in Virginia ⓘ
trials of alleged conspirators in Virginia courts ⓘ
location Southampton County, Virginia ⓘ
mainParticipants enslaved African Americans ⓘ
namedAfter Southampton County, Virginia ⓘ
numberOfDeaths dozens of white residents killed ⓘ
large but uncertain number of African Americans killed in reprisals ⓘ
opposingForce Virginia state militia ⓘ
linked to: Virginia militia

white militias ⓘ
relatedEvent Denmark Vesey’s planned uprising ⓘ
Gabriel’s Rebellion ⓘ
Stono Rebellion ⓘ
result execution of Nat Turner ⓘ
execution of many alleged rebels ⓘ
increased restrictions on the movement of enslaved people ⓘ
restrictions on Black education and assembly ⓘ
retaliatory killings of African Americans ⓘ
stricter slave codes in the American South ⓘ
suppression of the rebellion ⓘ
significance cited by abolitionists as evidence of the brutality of slavery ⓘ
one of the most famous slave uprisings in U.S. history ⓘ
used by pro-slavery advocates to justify harsher controls ⓘ
startDate 1831-08-21 ⓘ
state Virginia ⓘ
timePeriod 1831 ⓘ
Antebellum period ⓘ

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Nat Turner → associatedWith → Southampton Insurrection of 1831 ⓘ
Nat Turner’s Rebellion → alsoKnownAs → Southampton Insurrection ⓘ
linked to: Southampton Insurrection of 1831