SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
RISE OF THE SLAVE TRADE BLACK HISTORY IN COLONIAL AMERICA
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Harriet Tubamn
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Fredrick Douglass
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Nat Turner
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Slaves didn’t revolt for the fear of punishment
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Detailed explanation-1: -Nathanial “Nat” Turner (1800-1831) was an enslaved man who led a rebellion of enslaved people on August 21, 1831. His action set off a massacre of up to 200 Black people and a new wave of oppressive legislation prohibiting the education, movement, and assembly of enslaved people.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -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.
Detailed explanation-4: -Several enslaved people independently came to Turner and whispered that they would join a revolt if he would lead it. He believed God used nature to give him a sign that the time had come. Unrest among slaves led many to be ready to risk everything to gain their freedom.