LIFE IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA 1807 1861
SLAVERY IN AMERICA COTTON SLAVE TRADE AND THE SOUTHERN RESPONSE
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Many slaves were executed
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People in the South feared future revolts
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Nat Turner escaped to freedom
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Many people died in the revolt
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Detailed explanation-1: -Nat Turner’s rebellion led to the passage of a series of new laws. The Virginia legislature actually debated ending slavery, but chose instead to impose additional restrictions and harsher penalties on the activities of both enslaved and free African Americans.
Detailed explanation-2: -On November 5, Nat Turner was tried in the Southampton County Court and sentenced to execution. He was hanged, and then skinned, on November 11. In total, the state executed 55 people, banished many more, and acquitted a few. The state reimbursed the slaveholders for their slaves.
Detailed explanation-3: -What were some of the consequences of Nat Turner’s Rebellion? Nat Turner was hanged because of his rebellion. Also, many southerners were terrified, many innocent African Americans were killed, and there were more severe black codes passed.
Detailed explanation-4: -Which of the following was true about slaves rebellions in the United States? Nat Turner’s Rebellion in 1831 resulted in the deaths of over 50 white people and hundreds of slaves; Southerns maintained local militia unites much longer than northern communities in order to respond quickly to slave insurrections.