Nat Turner's Rebellion
Nat Turner’s Rebellion Questions and Answers
1. Who was supposed to spill the first blood?
Nat Turner
2. When and where did the revolt begin?
Sunday, August 21, 1831 in Southampton, Virginia
3. What area led Virginia in cotton production in 1840? What might this imply about the slave population in this area in between 1830-1840?
Southampton
It increased
4. How old was Nat Turner?
30
5. Describe Turner’s unusual upbringing.
Taught to read by his white parents
Spent much time praying
Was spared much physical labor
Free time to study schoolbooks
6. How was Nat Turner “divinely inspired?”
He claimed to have divine visions and he had a reputation as a preacher
A spirit appeared and he was told to arise and prepare himself to slay his enemies
7. How many murders did Nat Turner admit to committing?
One
8. When did Turner know that the alarm had been sounded on his revolt?
When he discovered that the Porter family had escaped
9. Describe the rumors that spread about the revolt.
Thousands of angry slaves had banded together to take over the state
Northern abolitionists had helped to incite the revolt
10. What did Turner expect to happen when he sent men ahead on horseback to kill whomever they met along the way?
He thought it would frighten the whites and that they would flee and leave Jerusalem to his men
11. When did the rebellion end and about how many rebels were involved?
60 hours after it started
50-60
12. What had God promised Turner in his rebellion?
Not success
Only that he would perform the great work of carrying terror and devastation wherever he went
13. How many people were killed and what was the break down on men, women and children?
55 whites (11 men, 14 women, 30 children)
Twice as many blacks
14. For how long was Nat Turner free after the rebellion?
Almost two months
15. Which abolitionist writers were blamed for stimulating the desire for rebellion?
David Walker and William Lloyd
1. Who was supposed to spill the first blood?
Nat Turner
2. When and where did the revolt begin?
Sunday, August 21, 1831 in Southampton, Virginia
3. What area led Virginia in cotton production in 1840? What might this imply about the slave population in this area in between 1830-1840?
Southampton
It increased
4. How old was Nat Turner?
30
5. Describe Turner’s unusual upbringing.
Taught to read by his white parents
Spent much time praying
Was spared much physical labor
Free time to study schoolbooks
6. How was Nat Turner “divinely inspired?”
He claimed to have divine visions and he had a reputation as a preacher
A spirit appeared and he was told to arise and prepare himself to slay his enemies
7. How many murders did Nat Turner admit to committing?
One
8. When did Turner know that the alarm had been sounded on his revolt?
When he discovered that the Porter family had escaped
9. Describe the rumors that spread about the revolt.
Thousands of angry slaves had banded together to take over the state
Northern abolitionists had helped to incite the revolt
10. What did Turner expect to happen when he sent men ahead on horseback to kill whomever they met along the way?
He thought it would frighten the whites and that they would flee and leave Jerusalem to his men
11. When did the rebellion end and about how many rebels were involved?
60 hours after it started
50-60
12. What had God promised Turner in his rebellion?
Not success
Only that he would perform the great work of carrying terror and devastation wherever he went
13. How many people were killed and what was the break down on men, women and children?
55 whites (11 men, 14 women, 30 children)
Twice as many blacks
14. For how long was Nat Turner free after the rebellion?
Almost two months
15. Which abolitionist writers were blamed for stimulating the desire for rebellion?
David Walker and William Lloyd