Context: In 1831, Nat Turner’s Rebellion occurred in Virginia, being the deadliest slave revolt in American history. After numerous petitions, the Virginia Assembly decided to address the issue of slavery to stop future revolts in the future. While gradual emancipation was discussed, the idea was rejected by the Assembly. Instead Virginia decided to crack down further on slaves and free African-Americans by restricting movement, and passing anti-literacy laws. Much of the South followed suit, creating the idea of slavery being a “positive good” rather than a “necessary evil” as previously thought, leading to further sectional tension in the build up to the American Civil War.
Fun_Blackberry_7308 on
I always find it disgusting the way they treated his body..
Also how many people died.
Like over 100 black people died and some of them weren’t a part of the rebellion of
Flying_Dustbin on
George H. Thomas: “Huh, I guess this slavery stuff really is bad.”
New-Number-7810 on
More people died from reprisal killings after the rebellion than during the rebellion itself.
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Context: In 1831, Nat Turner’s Rebellion occurred in Virginia, being the deadliest slave revolt in American history. After numerous petitions, the Virginia Assembly decided to address the issue of slavery to stop future revolts in the future. While gradual emancipation was discussed, the idea was rejected by the Assembly. Instead Virginia decided to crack down further on slaves and free African-Americans by restricting movement, and passing anti-literacy laws. Much of the South followed suit, creating the idea of slavery being a “positive good” rather than a “necessary evil” as previously thought, leading to further sectional tension in the build up to the American Civil War.
I always find it disgusting the way they treated his body..
Also how many people died.
Like over 100 black people died and some of them weren’t a part of the rebellion of
George H. Thomas: “Huh, I guess this slavery stuff really is bad.”
More people died from reprisal killings after the rebellion than during the rebellion itself.
Sherman was too clement