[African-Americana] [Nat Turner Rebellion] New-Hampshire Gazette, with a Highly Detailed Front-Page Report on Nat Turner's Rebellion

New-Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth: Published by Gideon Beck, Tuesday, September 20, 1831. Vol. LXXVI, No. 45. Printed newspaper. Folio. (4) pp. Creased from old fold; scattered foxing; light wear along edges.

With a highly detailed report on Nat Turner's Rebellion and its aftermath, reprinted from the Richmond Whig. The rebellion began in the early pre-dawn hours of August 21, 1831, in Southampton County, Virginia, led by Nat Turner (1800–1831), an enslaved man and preacher. First killing his enslaver, Turner and his growing band of men traveled through the Virginia countryside over the next two days, killing upwards of 65 whites. The local militia and volunteers quelled the uprising, and a brutal retaliatory crackdown ensued, during which over 200 Blacks were murdered. Turner managed to escape, and evaded capture for two months, before being discovered on October 30, 1831. He was hanged on November 11. The deadliest slave revolt in the history of the United States, the uprising intensified the national debate over slavery, and resulted in the passage of harsher slave codes throughout the south.

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[African-Americana] [Nat Turner Rebellion] New-Hampshire Gazette, with a Highly Detailed Front-Page Report on Nat Turner's Rebellion

How History Unfolds on Paper: Important Americana from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part X

[African-Americana] [Nat Turner Rebellion] New-Hampshire Gazette, with a Highly Detailed Front-Page Report on Nat Turner's Rebellion

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