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In 1800, Gabriel Prosser organized and lead a large slave rebellion in Richmond, Virginia. Prosser ended up being betrayed and he and thirty-five of his followers were hanged. In 1831, Nat Turner led the only effective rebellion in the United States in Southampton, Virginia. Sixty whites were killed before Turner and his followers were captured and hanged.
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Who led a slave rebellion in Virginia that killed a number of whites and heightened southern society's fear of possible revolts in 1831?
Nat Turner's Rebellion (also known as the Southampton Insurrection) was a slave rebellion that took place in Southampton County, Virginia during August 1831. Led by Nat Turner, rebel slaves killed anywhere from 55-65 white people, the highest number of fatalities caused by slave uprisings in the South. The rebellion was put down within a few days, but Turner survived in hiding for over two months afterward.
How many slaves came to Virginia?
The English did not immediately enslave the Native Americans when they arrived at Jamestown, nor did they bring slaves from Africa in the first years. For years a Dutch ship was credited with bringing the first slaves to Virginia in 1619. Latest scholarship indicates that two English pirate ships intercepted a Portuguese ship in the Gulf of Mexico, then transported slaves to Jamestown. The Portuguese ship had acquired a cargo of slaves in Angola, and was planning to sell them to Spanish in Mexico.In 1800 the population of the United States included 893,602 slaves, of which only 36,505 were in the northern states. Vermont, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey provided for the emancipation of their slaves before 1804, most of them by gradual measures. The 3,953,760 slaves at the census of 1860 were in the southern states.
How long before the border states slaves were freed were the southern states slaves freed?
two years.
Why did Virginia separate into two states?
Because the people living in the western part of Virginia wanted to remain part of the Union, breaking away from Virginia and forming the separate state of West Virginia
Two major exports of the Carolinas were?
Rice and Indian Slaves
Who led a slave rebellion in Virginia that killed a number of whites and heightened southern society's fear of possible revolts in 1831?
Nat Turner's Rebellion (also known as the Southampton Insurrection) was a slave rebellion that took place in Southampton County, Virginia during August 1831. Led by Nat Turner, rebel slaves killed anywhere from 55-65 white people, the highest number of fatalities caused by slave uprisings in the South. The rebellion was put down within a few days, but Turner survived in hiding for over two months afterward.
What two concentration camps had revolts that closed the camps?
Two extermination camps (not ordinary concentration camps) were closed after revolts: Treblinka and Sobibor.
Which two slaves planned a rebellion in 1797 near Richmond Virginia?
Gabriel Prosser and Jack Bowley
What two slaves planned a rebellion in 1797 near Richmond Virginia?
In 1797, slaves Gabriel Prosser and Jack Bowley planned a revolt near Richmond, Virginia. The rebellion was betrayed and more than 40 blacks were executed for their participation.
What two revolts planted the seeds for nationalism in Europe?
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Led to two Anglo-Powhatan wars that virtually exterminated Virginia's Indian population?
Lord De La Warr's use of brutal "Irish tactics" in Virginia.
What did abolitionist Frederick Douglas point about the Southern punishment of slaves?
Former slave and abolitionist Frederick Douglas explained at a Fourth of July celebration, how unfairly slaves were treated in the South. As one example he reminded his audience that in Virginia there were seventy two laws for slaves mandating the death penalty. In contrast, Virginia had only laws dealing with the death penalty for whites.
What were the two most populous colonies in 1680?
The most populous colony was Virgina and also Maryland 3 quarters were "white slaves".
Which Two countries in which revolts were crushed by the Soviet Union was?
Hungary 1956 Czechslovakia 1968
Who led the raid on Harper ferry?
John Brown, with the help of a twenty-one man army that included four of his own sons and two slaves he had freed.
What two states during the civil war used popular soverinity to determine slaves freedom?
The people of West Virginia were unhappy when Virginia voted for secession from the Union. About a month later, the people of West Virginia had the Wheeling Convention to become a separate state. Tennessee voted to not send delegates to a secession convention.
In what two European countries did the Soviets put down revolts against soviet control?
Czechoslovakia and Hungary
