Nat Turner’s Rebellion

CTL-E-1601 · Event · 1831

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August 21–22, 1831: enslaved uprising led by Nat Turner in Southampton County, Virginia; about 55 white people killed; suppressed within two days.

The record

Also known as: Southampton Insurrection

Relationships

Southampton County, Virginia — held at
The rebellion took place in Southampton County, Virginia.

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Nat Turner — initiated → this record

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Hallway of a kitchenette apartment building, Chicago, 1941Photo: Russell Lee, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress

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