USA HISTORY

MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800

THOMAS JEFFERSON

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which large scale slave uprising took place in the U.S. during Jefferson’s time as president?
A
Gabriel’s Rebellion
B
The Stono Rebellion
C
Nat Turner’s Rebellion
D
The Haitian Revolution
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Haitian Revolution inspired a slave insurrection in Virginia in 1800, known as Gabriel’s Revolt. This event terrified Jefferson.

Detailed explanation-2: -1. Stono Rebellion, 1739. The Stono Rebellion was the largest slave revolt ever staged in the 13 colonies.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 1800, a highly intelligent and literate enslaved man named Gabriel, who was owned by Thomas Henry Prosser of Brookfield plantation in Henrico County, conceived and organized a plan for a widespread slave uprising.

Detailed explanation-4: -Gabriel’s Rebellion was a planned slave rebellion in the Richmond, Virginia, area in the summer of 1800.

Detailed explanation-5: -On Christmas Day 1521, in the Spanish colony of Santo Domingo, the first recorded slave revolt in the Americas occurred. A group of African, likely Wolof, slaves came together with native Indians led by the Taíno cacique Enriquillo to assert their independence.

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