The whiskey rebellion was a 1794 uprising of farmers and distillers in western pennsylvania in protest of a whiskey tax enacted by the federal government. Booksource is the premier trade book distributor to k12 school classrooms across the country. The afroeuropean slave trade was started by the europeans. According to some sources, he was beheaded as an example to frighten other wouldbe rebels. Together with portugal, the two countries accounted for about 70% of all africans transported to the americas. Slave rebellions, in the history of the americas, periodic acts of violent resistance by black slaves during nearly three centuries of chattel slavery. References north carolina and the nat turner slave rebellion. Encyclopedia of slave resistance and rebellion 2 volumes. In the fall of 1739, as many as one hundred enslaved african and african americans living within twenty miles of charleston joined forces to strike down their white owners and march en masse toward spanish florida and freedom.
Two hundred and five years ago, on the night of january 8, 1811, more than 500 enslaved people took up arms in one of the largest slave rebellions. He and his recruits killed nearly 60 whites before the revolt was put. The role of slave resistance in bringing slavery to an end is often overlooked. Britain was one of the most successful slave trading countries. However, slave revolts were very important as they put pressure on the colonial system and made politicians realise that ultimately slavery had to be abolished. Our history is not a long, steady march to progress, said egerton, who has just published a new book on an 1822 slave rebellion led by denmark vesey.
He is a former professor of history at university of massachusetts amherst. The legacy of nat turner continues to be rewritten. An examination of the alessian slave rebellion and the fall of the ayleids. More than sixty whites and thirty slaves died in the violence that followed.
Discover librarianselected research resources on slave revolts from the questia online library, including fulltext online books, academic journals, magazines. Britain was the most dominant between 1640 and 1807 and it is estimated that britain transported 3. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading american uprising. Missing from the film is the slave rebellion and revolt that solomon northup portrayed so vividly in his book. Nat turner was inspired by visions of the spirit to lead a slave uprising in virginia on august 22, 1831. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Nat turner was the leader of a violent slave rebellion in southampton county, virginia, in 1831. Includes both primary source and secondary source content. The rebels leader, spartacus, lives on in popular culture and has. Physical punishment, rebellion, running away slavery images.
In august 1831, nat turner, a 31yearold slave claiming divine inspiration, led a band of rebels in the murder of some 60 white men, women and children in southampton county, virginia. The african american information service is a nonprofit organization registered in the u. This article provides background information for nat turner, a slave responsible for a 1831 slave rebellion in the u. However, slave revolts were very important as they put pressure on the colonial system and made politicians realise that ultimately slavery had to be abolished a slave revolt was what all those involved in the slave trade feared most. Stono rebellion, large slave uprising on september 9, 1739, near the stono river, 20 miles southwest of charleston, south carolina. List of books and articles about slave revolts online research. The untold story of americas largest slave revolt kindle edition by rasmussen, daniel. I t was in august of 1831 that nat turner led a rebellion of virginia slaves that left dozens of people dead, including small children.
An overview of turners early childhood, educational, and religious experiences is presented. It was the largest slave uprising in the british mainland colonies, with 25 colonists and 35 to 50 africans killed. Louisianas heroic slave revolt zinn education project. April 12, 1892 april, 1973 was an american writer, novelist and artist who worked as a hospital custodian in chicago, illinois. The five greatest slave rebellions in the united states african. The writer is an authority in the 19 th century american history. Tragles book includes documents letters, news releases, complete trial. With a slave rebellion reenactment, an artist revives. Denmark vesey came close to leading one of the largest slave rebellion. It grew to involve over 500,000 slaves, who were imported from across the muslim empire. The nationalist tradition of barbados is presented. Many instances of rebellion were known to americans, even in colonial times. Leader of the most important slave rebellion on these shores, variously viewed as a murderer of unarmed women and children, an inspired religious leader, a fanaticthis puzzling figure represents all the terrible complexities of.
The top five slave rebellions in the united states are described by henry louis. T he 1831 slave rebellion that is the inspiration for the new movie the birth of a nation is commonly known as nat turners rebellion, after the enslaved man played by controversial filmmaker. Secondary sources include two books and an article on the nat turner rebellion, which include brief information on its effects in north carolina, a section on slavery in a textbook on north carolina, and book that is about antebellum slavery in the united states. The uprising was led by native africans who were likely from the central african kingdom of kongo, as some of the. A slave rebellion in history and memory by kenneth s. Physical punishment, rebellion, running away whipping of a fugitive slave, french west indies, 1840s lying on his stomach, the victims hands and legs are tied to stakes while he is being whipped by the black overseer. But in one important respect, the movie comes up short. The ruination that came to the ayleids was inevitable.
The primary sources came from citizens of north carolina and newspapers from north carolina at the time of nat turners rebellion. It took place near the city of basra, in southern iraq over fifteen years 869. Nat turners rebellion was one of the bloodiest and most effective in american. Mcleod april 15, 2016 in the ninth century, enslaved africans from the east coast of africa, called the zanj, revolted for nearly fifteen years in southern iraq against their arab slave masters and. Nat turners name rings through american history with a force all its own. And yet we do not know what he looked like, where he is buried, or even. Slaves gathered, raided a firearms shop, and headed south, killing more than 20 white people as they went. The revolt of the gladiator spartacus in 7371 bce remains the most successful slave revolt in the history of rome.
On many caribbean islands the slave population vastly outnumbered the. One report claims the rebels were overheard shouting, liberty. Such was the dramatic conclusion of the sicilian slave war, a war that lasted about four years. An enslaved africanamerican preacher, he led a small army of slaves to kill 55 white virginians beginning on august 21, 1831. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books. It examines the context of slave rebellion that happened in 1816 in the country, and the factors of identity building among barbadian slaves. The best single work as a source book on the subject of slave insurrection, and a model for the slave rebellion project, is henry i. Secondary sources include two books and an article on the nat turner rebellion, which include brief information on its effects in north carolina, a section on.
He has become famous for his posthumously discovered 15,145page, singlespaced fantasy manuscript called the story of the vivian girls, in what is known as the realms of the unreal, of the glandecoangelinian. Nat turners rebellion was a slave rebellion that took place in southampton county, virginia. Sammi ross, rehearsing in costume for the 1811 slave rebellion reenactment, a 26mile march along former antebellum plantations in louisiana. The many acts of slave resistance and rebellion essentially defined the humanity of the slave. Excellent source of info re the real not the reel nat turner. The kindle edition has 69 pages1546 locations and can be read in one evening. The stono rebellion sometimes called catos conspiracy or catos rebellion was a slave rebellion that began on 9 september 1739, in the colony of south carolina.
Nat turner is honored in numerous black history books including 100 greatest african americans by molefi kete asante. Tells the true story of the 1831 virginia slave rebellion led by slave nat turner, who believed he was a prophet. The new york slave revolt of 1712 was a bloody prelude to decades of hardship 304 years ago today, a group of black slaves rose up against. List of books and articles about nat turner online research library. South carolina rapidly responded with a comprehensive slave code. They paraded down kings highway, according to sources, carrying banners.
Documenting and interpreting a southern slave revolt. In 1831, nat turner led the most famous slave revolt in american history. Most of the slaves were eventually captured and executed. Such resistance signified continual deeprooted discontent with the condition of bondage and, in some places, such as the united states, resulted in evermorestringent mechanisms for social control and repression in slaveholding areas. This book was first published in 1889 and is in the public domain. Then he, as the final survivor, died heroically by his own hand.
Herbert aptheker, nat turners slave rebellion 2006 description the book specifically addresses its concerns of previous research done concerning the nat turner rebellion, claiming that previous historians brought white supremacy into the writing on the rebellion. California became a free state years before the emancipation of slaves in the usa nat turner. Resistance to slavery, abolition, and antiabolition. This text by american thomas wentworth higginson contains five chapters of his travellers and outlaws and is commonly referred to as black rebellion five slave revolts. An account of the late intended insurrection among a portion of the blacks of the city of charleston, south carolina published in boston by joseph w. Meanwhile the slaves in the cities, who were contracting the infection and were poised for revolt, were a source of great fear to their masters.
References north carolina and the nat turner slave. We offer discounted pricing, free shipping and unparalleled expertise and customer service. The book is about a slave by the name nat turner, who organized an. Among the most important slave revolts in colonial america, the stono rebellion also ranks. Onehundred and eightyfive years ago this week, in the. Slave rebellions africanamerican rights movements digital. The slave rebellions of the late roman republic were among the largest in history. It took decades for audiences to start seeing the play and its source text from an abolitionist perspective, but by the time samuel johnson wrote about oroonoko, at the end of 1759, the. One of the bloodiest slave rebellions, known as the stono rebellion or catos conspiracy, started in south carolina in 1739, at the stono river bridge near charleston. Before the day ended, however, the rebellion was crushed, and afterwards many surviving rebels were executed. A groundbreaking history of abolition that recovers the largely forgotten role of african americans in the. The zanj rebellion was the culmination of a series of small revolts.