USA HISTORY

MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855

COMPROMISE OF 1850

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which slave led other slaves in a violent rebellion that killed over 50 whites?
A
Jefferson Davis
B
John Brown
C
William Lloyd Garrison
D
Nat Turner
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Nat Turner’s Rebellion, historically known as the Southampton Insurrection, was a rebellion of enslaved Virginians that took place in Southampton County, Virginia, in August 1831. Led by Nat Turner, the rebels killed between 55 and 65 White people, making it the deadliest slave revolt in U.S. history.

Detailed explanation-2: -Nat Turner is known to history as a thirty-year-old Virginia slave who led a bloody rebellion that resulted in the death of fifty-five whites, mostly women and children. Beyond that, he is famous for being well-nigh unknowable. He has no gravesite, no remains; there is no likeness of him.

Detailed explanation-3: -4. An eruption of Mount St. Helens may have triggered the launch of the rebellion. When the daytime sky went dark on February 12, 1831, during a solar eclipse, Turner believed it a sign from God to begin the planning for his uprising.

Detailed explanation-4: -His official owner was Putnum Moore, still a young child. Turner described Travis as a kind master, against whom he had no complaints.

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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