Southampton Insurrection of 1831

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armed uprising historical event slave rebellion

The Southampton Insurrection of 1831 was a major slave rebellion in Southampton County, Virginia, led by Nat Turner, that intensified sectional tensions over slavery in the United States.

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Southampton Insurrection of 1831 canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	armed uprising ⓘ historical event ⓘ slave rebellion ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Nat Turner’s Rebellion NERFINISHED ⓘ
category	1831 in the United States ⓘ African-American history of Virginia ⓘ History of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ Slave rebellions in the United States ⓘ
cause	Nat Turner’s religious visions ⓘ chattel slavery in the United States ⓘ oppression of enslaved African Americans ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
documentedIn	The Confessions of Nat Turner (1831 pamphlet by Thomas R. Gray) NERFINISHED ⓘ
endDate	1831-08-23 ⓘ
historicalContext	United States slavery system ⓘ rise of abolitionist movement in the 1830s ⓘ
impact	heightened fears of slave insurrections among white Southerners ⓘ influenced antebellum debates on slavery ⓘ intensified sectional tensions over slavery in the United States ⓘ
leader	Nat Turner NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalAftermath	new legislation restricting Black preaching and religious meetings ⓘ new legislation restricting manumission in Virginia ⓘ trials of alleged conspirators in Virginia courts ⓘ
location	Southampton County, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainParticipants	enslaved African Americans ⓘ
namedAfter	Southampton County, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberOfDeaths	dozens of white residents killed ⓘ large but uncertain number of African Americans killed in reprisals ⓘ
opposingForce	Virginia state militia NERFINISHED ⓘ white militias ⓘ
relatedEvent	Denmark Vesey’s planned uprising ⓘ Gabriel’s Rebellion NERFINISHED ⓘ Stono Rebellion NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	execution of Nat Turner ⓘ execution of many alleged rebels ⓘ increased restrictions on the movement of enslaved people ⓘ restrictions on Black education and assembly ⓘ retaliatory killings of African Americans ⓘ stricter slave codes in the American South ⓘ suppression of the rebellion ⓘ
significance	cited by abolitionists as evidence of the brutality of slavery ⓘ one of the most famous slave uprisings in U.S. history ⓘ used by pro-slavery advocates to justify harsher controls ⓘ
startDate	1831-08-21 ⓘ
state	Virginia ⓘ
timePeriod	1831 ⓘ Antebellum period ⓘ

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Nat Turner → associatedWith → Southampton Insurrection of 1831 ⓘ