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On August 10, 1831, former slave Nat Turner led an uprising against slavery.
"Nat Turner's Rebellion (also known as the Southampton Insurrection) was a slave rebellion that took place in Southampton County, Virginia, during August 1831.[3] Led by Nat Turner, rebel slaves killed from 55 to 65 people, at least 51 being white.[4] The rebellion was put down within a few days, but Turner survived in hiding for more than two months afterwards. The rebellion was effectively suppressed at Belmont Plantation on the morning of August 23, 1831.
There was widespread fear in the aftermath of the rebellion, and white militias organized in retaliation against the slaves. The state executed 56 slaves accused of being part of the rebellion. In the frenzy, many non-participant slaves were punished. Approximately 120 slaves and free African Americans were murdered by militias and mobs in the area.[1][2] Across the South, state legislatures passed new laws prohibiting education of slaves and free black people,[6] restricting rights of assembly and other civil rights for free black people, and requiring white ministers to be present at all worship services."
"Nat Turner's Rebellion (also known as the Southampton Insurrection) was a slave rebellion that took place in Southampton County, Virginia, during August 1831.[3] Led by Nat Turner, rebel slaves killed from 55 to 65 people, at least 51 being white.[4] The rebellion was put down within a few days, but Turner survived in hiding for more than two months afterwards. The rebellion was effectively suppressed at Belmont Plantation on the morning of August 23, 1831.
There was widespread fear in the aftermath of the rebellion, and white militias organized in retaliation against the slaves. The state executed 56 slaves accused of being part of the rebellion. In the frenzy, many non-participant slaves were punished. Approximately 120 slaves and free African Americans were murdered by militias and mobs in the area.[1][2] Across the South, state legislatures passed new laws prohibiting education of slaves and free black people,[6] restricting rights of assembly and other civil rights for free black people, and requiring white ministers to be present at all worship services."
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The Legacy Of Nat Turner....Our Hebrew Israelite Brother {1801~1831}
Nat Turner was born a slave in 1800 near a town in southeastern Virginia called ironically Jerusalem, Virginia; today the town is named Courtland. The Southa...
Thank you my friend SGT (Join to see) for making us aware that on August 10, 1831, former slave Nathaniel “Nat” Turner led a two-day rebellion of slaves and free blacks in Southampton County, Virginia on August 21, 1831.
Image; 1831 Depiction of Nat Turner’s Rebellion; 1831 Nat Turner woodcut; Nathaniel “Nat” Turner
He may be resting in peace but probably not.
1. Background from /lastbesthopeofearth.com/2016/04/22/nat-turners-rebellion/
"On August 22, 1831, the greatest slave rebellion in United States history occurred, led by a “mystic religious visionary named Nat Turner.” Daniel Walker Howe, What Hath God Wrought: Transformation of America, 1815-1848, .
Turner was a slave of Joseph and Sally Travis in Southampton County, Virginia. Id. At that time, Southampton County’s population was 16,074, with “41 percent white, 48 percent enslaved, and 11 percent free colored.” Id. citing Census of 1830, United States Historical Census Data Browser. In the early morning hours of August 22, 1831, Turner crawled through the window of the Travis’ home, unbarred the door for his six armed companions, and killed the entire family, including a baby in a cradle. Daniel Walker Howe, What Hath God Wrought: Transformation of America, 1815-1848, .
After killing the Travis family, Turner and his cohorts went farm-to-farm, “killing all the whites they found on their march toward Jerusalem, as the Southampton county seat was portentously named.” Id. at 324 citing Herbert Aptheker, Nat Turner’s Slave Rebellion (New York, 1966); Stephen Oates, The Fires of Jubilee (New York, 1975). Turner himself, however, only killed one person himself, a woman who was going to flee and alert others to their rebellion. Daniel Walker Howe, What Hath God Wrought: Transformation of America, 1815-1848, 324. Slaves joined the rebellion as it progressed, with as many as 60 slaves participating in total. Id.
Nat Turner advised his rebels: “Remember that ours is not a war for robbery, nor to satisfy our passions; it is a struggle for freedom.” Vincent Harding, There Is a River (New York, 1981), 95. Nonetheless, some of his men “looted and got drunk on captured brandy,” and there were decapitations of victims. Daniel Walker Howe, What Hath God Wrought: Transformation of America, 1815-1848, 324 citing Vincent Harding, There Is a River (New York, 1981), .
Ultimately, vigilantes, the Virginia state militia, and federal troops put down the uprising. Daniel Walker Howe, What Hath God Wrought: Transformation of America, 1815-1848, 325. After the uprising was quelled, “[o]ver twenty additional blacks were executed elsewhere in Virginia and North Carolina.” Id. citing Mary Kemp Davis, Nat Turner Before the Bar of Judgment (Baton Rouge, 1999), 55-61.
Turner eluded capture until October 30, 1831, where he was tried and hanged on November 11, 1831 in Jerusalem, Virginia. Daniel Walker Howe, What Hath God Wrought: Transformation of America, 1815-1848, 325. Facing imminent death, and with Thomas Gray asking if Turner felt he had made a mistake, Turner posed the question: “Was not Christ crucified?” Id. quoting Confessions of Nat Turner . . . fully and voluntarily made to Thos. C. Gray (1831; Petersburg, Va., 1881), 6, 10, 11.
Many conservatives in the South, and particularly Virginia, noted that some free blacks had joined Turner’s rebellion and argued that the state “would be better off with fewer slaves and a more industrial-commercial economy.” Daniel Walker Howe, What Hath God Wrought: Transformation of America, 1815-1848, 326. On January 25, 1832, the Virginia House voted that “further action for the removal of slaves should await a more definite development of public opinion.” SeeDaniel Walker Howe, What Hath God Wrought: Transformation of America, 1815-1848, 326; Alison Freehling, Drift Toward Dissolution: The Virginia Slavery Debate of 1831-32 (Baton Rouge, 1982).
In the wake of Turner’s rebellion, Americans in the South had seen their worst fears realized and were shaken to the core. For the years and decades leading up to the rebellion, there was a fear that America would have the same fate as Haiti, with a widespread slave rebellion creating turmoil and discord. This nearly happened just years prior in Vesey’s Almost Rebellion.
Regrettably for the South, slavery was becoming an increasingly prominent issue for Americans, as it best highlighted the difference between the North and the South. Turner’s rebellion essentially forced southern Americans to dig their heels in, tightening security and reinforcing their grip on slaves. Consequently, the chances for universal abolition of slavery in America were diminishing as the 1800s were progressing."
Nat Turner was born a slave in 1800 near a town in southeastern Virginia called ironically Jerusalem, Virginia; today the town is named Courtland. The Southampton County town was less than a hundred miles away from the initial spot where slaves were traditionally brought to market.
Nat Turner is famous for leading a slave revolt in the Southampton County area. Nat was captured and surrendered his sword in 1831. For his misdeeds that led to the deaths of over 50 Edomite slave holders and their progeny, he was beaten, hanged and his body was dismembered with parts kept for some sort of morbid trophies. Legend has it that his skin was turned into several purses, and one turned up during the 1940s at a Southampton county fair as an historical exhibit.
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Image; 1831 Depiction of Nat Turner’s Rebellion; 1831 Nat Turner woodcut; Nathaniel “Nat” Turner
He may be resting in peace but probably not.
1. Background from /lastbesthopeofearth.com/2016/04/22/nat-turners-rebellion/
"On August 22, 1831, the greatest slave rebellion in United States history occurred, led by a “mystic religious visionary named Nat Turner.” Daniel Walker Howe, What Hath God Wrought: Transformation of America, 1815-1848, .
Turner was a slave of Joseph and Sally Travis in Southampton County, Virginia. Id. At that time, Southampton County’s population was 16,074, with “41 percent white, 48 percent enslaved, and 11 percent free colored.” Id. citing Census of 1830, United States Historical Census Data Browser. In the early morning hours of August 22, 1831, Turner crawled through the window of the Travis’ home, unbarred the door for his six armed companions, and killed the entire family, including a baby in a cradle. Daniel Walker Howe, What Hath God Wrought: Transformation of America, 1815-1848, .
After killing the Travis family, Turner and his cohorts went farm-to-farm, “killing all the whites they found on their march toward Jerusalem, as the Southampton county seat was portentously named.” Id. at 324 citing Herbert Aptheker, Nat Turner’s Slave Rebellion (New York, 1966); Stephen Oates, The Fires of Jubilee (New York, 1975). Turner himself, however, only killed one person himself, a woman who was going to flee and alert others to their rebellion. Daniel Walker Howe, What Hath God Wrought: Transformation of America, 1815-1848, 324. Slaves joined the rebellion as it progressed, with as many as 60 slaves participating in total. Id.
Nat Turner advised his rebels: “Remember that ours is not a war for robbery, nor to satisfy our passions; it is a struggle for freedom.” Vincent Harding, There Is a River (New York, 1981), 95. Nonetheless, some of his men “looted and got drunk on captured brandy,” and there were decapitations of victims. Daniel Walker Howe, What Hath God Wrought: Transformation of America, 1815-1848, 324 citing Vincent Harding, There Is a River (New York, 1981), .
Ultimately, vigilantes, the Virginia state militia, and federal troops put down the uprising. Daniel Walker Howe, What Hath God Wrought: Transformation of America, 1815-1848, 325. After the uprising was quelled, “[o]ver twenty additional blacks were executed elsewhere in Virginia and North Carolina.” Id. citing Mary Kemp Davis, Nat Turner Before the Bar of Judgment (Baton Rouge, 1999), 55-61.
Turner eluded capture until October 30, 1831, where he was tried and hanged on November 11, 1831 in Jerusalem, Virginia. Daniel Walker Howe, What Hath God Wrought: Transformation of America, 1815-1848, 325. Facing imminent death, and with Thomas Gray asking if Turner felt he had made a mistake, Turner posed the question: “Was not Christ crucified?” Id. quoting Confessions of Nat Turner . . . fully and voluntarily made to Thos. C. Gray (1831; Petersburg, Va., 1881), 6, 10, 11.
Many conservatives in the South, and particularly Virginia, noted that some free blacks had joined Turner’s rebellion and argued that the state “would be better off with fewer slaves and a more industrial-commercial economy.” Daniel Walker Howe, What Hath God Wrought: Transformation of America, 1815-1848, 326. On January 25, 1832, the Virginia House voted that “further action for the removal of slaves should await a more definite development of public opinion.” SeeDaniel Walker Howe, What Hath God Wrought: Transformation of America, 1815-1848, 326; Alison Freehling, Drift Toward Dissolution: The Virginia Slavery Debate of 1831-32 (Baton Rouge, 1982).
In the wake of Turner’s rebellion, Americans in the South had seen their worst fears realized and were shaken to the core. For the years and decades leading up to the rebellion, there was a fear that America would have the same fate as Haiti, with a widespread slave rebellion creating turmoil and discord. This nearly happened just years prior in Vesey’s Almost Rebellion.
Regrettably for the South, slavery was becoming an increasingly prominent issue for Americans, as it best highlighted the difference between the North and the South. Turner’s rebellion essentially forced southern Americans to dig their heels in, tightening security and reinforcing their grip on slaves. Consequently, the chances for universal abolition of slavery in America were diminishing as the 1800s were progressing."
Nat Turner was born a slave in 1800 near a town in southeastern Virginia called ironically Jerusalem, Virginia; today the town is named Courtland. The Southampton County town was less than a hundred miles away from the initial spot where slaves were traditionally brought to market.
Nat Turner is famous for leading a slave revolt in the Southampton County area. Nat was captured and surrendered his sword in 1831. For his misdeeds that led to the deaths of over 50 Edomite slave holders and their progeny, he was beaten, hanged and his body was dismembered with parts kept for some sort of morbid trophies. Legend has it that his skin was turned into several purses, and one turned up during the 1940s at a Southampton county fair as an historical exhibit.
https://youtu.be/LqpTqRhyd1w
FYI LTC Bill Koski CW5 (Join to see) MSG Brad Sand SGM Steve Wettstein SSG James J. Palmer IV aka "JP4" SP5 Mark Kuzinski PO1 William "Chip" Nagel PO1 John Miller SP5 Robert Ruck SPC (Join to see) PO3 Steven Sherrill SN Greg Wright Maj Marty Hogan SCPO Morris Ramsey TSgt Joe C. Cpl Joshua Caldwell SGT Michael Thorin SP5 Dave (Shotgun) Shockley SPC Margaret Higgins
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