Slave+Rebellion

1.Slave Rebellion

2. Who? Slaves What? They rebelled against their slave owners Where? All over America but, mostly in the South When? From the time slavery first started until they were freed Why? To rebel against their owners because of unfair treatment How? They would group together and go and kill people or destroy crop How did this impact the class topic or vice versa? Big rebellions caused uneasiness throughout the South and slaves would escape to the North and fight for the Union

3. Who? Who led the rebellions? What? What did they do to fight against their owners? Where? Did this happen all across America? When? When was the first rebellion? Why? Why were the slaves mad at the owners? How? How did they rebel? How did this impact the Civil War? It helped the North fight against slave owners and gave the North more soldiers if the slaves were able to escape to the North.

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DRAFT Slave Rebellion influenced the Civl War by weakening slave owners in the South. Slaves rebelled by either going on rampages killing whites, destroying crops and running away. However they rebelled, they always weakened the work force and crop production.

One of the most famous and well-known slave rebellions was the Nat Turner rebellion. Nat Turner, owned by Joesph Travis of Virginia, thought that he was chosen by God to start a slave rebellion. " In February 1831, an eclipse of the sun convinced Turner that this was a supernatural sign from God to start an insurrection" but, it wasn't until August that Nat and 7 other slaves killed Travis and his family to start his rebellion. In total almost 50 whites were killed. (Nat 1)" Nat had wished that his rebellion would start an enormous slave uprising but, only 75 joined him. When the uprising started, a group of militia of a few thousand were sent to defeat Turner. Many innocent slaves were slaughtered and Turner escaped and hid for over 6 weeks. He was executed on November 11 of 1831. (Nat 2) The Nat Turner Rebellion was one of the most documented slave rebellions ever. It also showed the power and control the whites had over the slaves.

Another slave rebellion that happened in the colonial was the Stono Rebellion which was a very big rebellion on September the 9 of 1739, by the Stono River which is 20 miles southwest of Charleston, South Carolina. Many slaves grouped together and stormed through shops, heading south, slaughtering more than 20 whites (Stono 1). The whites retaliated by sending out soldiers, and by dusk almost half the slaves were killed and the rest had escaped. Most of the ones that escaped were eventually caught and killed. The slaves in the uprising were probably hoping to reach St. Augusine, FL where the Spanish were giving freed to any fugitives. (Stono 2) The Stono Rebellion was one of the very first large rebellions that took place in the United States but, it ended like all the others with whites overpowering the slaves.

Other ways slaves rebelled was by escaping. A lot of slaves attempted to escape slavery. Some failed but some were successful. One of the most famous people to help slaves escape was Harriet Tubman. She worked in a slave escape system called the Underground Railroad. Other slaves, instead of escaping followed rebels such as Gabriel Prosser, Nat Turner, and Denmark Vesey. (Slaves Rebellion in the South)

Even though there were many slave rebellions and slave escapes, the whites still had a major advantage in man power over the slaves and it showed in how they stopped all rebellions. They would send militia to end the rebellion and they could also pass slave codes limiting the already limited freedoms of the slaves.

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