Erick Torres Honors US 1 5th hour Ch 11

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  • Cotton Gin Invented

    Eli Whitney was the inventor

  • Gabriel Prosser's Rebellion

    Gabriel Prosser was an enslaved blacksmith who planned a large slave rebellion in the summer of 1800 in the Richmond area
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    German Coast Uprising

    A revolt of slaves in parts of the Territory of New Orleans from January 8-10, 1811
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    Slavery Declines in the Upper south

    Slavery declined mainly due to cotton

  • Nat Turner's Rebellion

    A slave rebellion that took place in Southampton County, Virginia which Nat Turner led. Rebel slaves killed 55 to 65 people, it also happens to be the largest and deadliest slave rebellion in US history

  • Edmund Ruffin reforms

    Edmund Ruffin was a wealthy Virginia planter and slaveholder He was also a political activist in the 1850s

  • Fugitive Slave Act

    The Fuigitve Slave Act was passed by congress on Semptember 18, 1850.