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Turners Rebellion
Nat Turner along with 7 other black slaves revolted at night and slaughtered their owners and 60 other white peoples over the course of 2 days. Turners final group of 75 people were then captured and eventually tried and hanged. This rebellion convinced people that slaves were NOT too scared to rebel and stiffened pro-slavery legislature. -
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Events Leading To The Civil War
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The Black Seminole Slave Rebellion
This was the largest slave rebellion in U.S history with black slaves and Seminole Indians destroying more than 21 sugar plantations in Florida. This was also one of the only partially successful rebellions in U.S history yet many people don’t even know it exists. This rebellion eventually led to the 2nd Seminole war. -
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Texas Revolution
A rebellion in where colonists from the United States And also Texas Mexicans put up resistance against the centralist government of Mexico. This was important because after Texas won the war and gained Independence they legalized slavery. Once Texas joined the Union slave numbers skyrocketed. -
Alexandria, Louisiana Slave Revolt
The plan was to kill the master and leave the women and children alive but a traitor revealed their plan to their master. It took 2 companies of United States troops completely subdue the revolt Which once again served as a reminder to the southerners that They needed to be beware. -
The Amistad Rebellion
A revolt that took place aboard the ship Amistad near the coast of Cuba. This revolt was extremely important because after the mutineers were captured they surprisingly won in court and were returned to Africa in 1842. -
The Creole Mutiny
The Creole Mutiny was revolt that’s happened on the ship Creole. Much like the Amistad Mutiny, the slaves being transported rebelled and overwhelmed the crew. They chose the British colonies located in the Bahamas and forced the crew members to navigate for them. Because slavery was outlawed in British Colonies, all slaves, except for the mutineers were freed making it the moist successful slave revolt in history. -
March To Pennsylvania
Seventy-five slaves from three Maryland counties armed themselves and began marching toward the Pennsylvania state line. They were eventually caught and surrounded by whites near Rockville, Maryland. Many slaves were killed and 31 recaptured. -
The Great Kentucky Slave Revolt
A white college student called Patrick Doyle led a group of 75 slaves armed with crude weapons towards the Ohio River with freedom from slavery as their objective. The slaves and their white leader fought two battles against the local authorities before being defeated. Most of the insurgents were captured, three black leaders were hanged, and Patrick Doyle was sentenced to 20 years in prison. -
Ex- First Lady’s Slaves Revolt
The slaves that were owned by the wife of former president James K. Polk rebelled and decided that they were no longer going to submit to shipping’s and beatings and proceeded to attack their overseer. A few days later a group of 75 armed men came and overpowered the revolt. -
Raid On Harper’s Ferry
A group of abolitionists led by John Brown assaulted a federal armory located in Harpers Ferry, Virginia. The assault was intended to be the first stage in a plan to establish an independent stronghold of free slaves in the mountains of Maryland and Virginia but was squashed by federal troops led by Robert E. Lee. This revolt is sometimes called the “dress rehearsal for” or “Tragic Prelude to the Civil War”.
