Slave Rebelliions

• 1800 - Gabriel Prosser, Richmond, VA (1,000
• 1822 - Denmark Varsey, Charleston, SC (5,000)
• 1831 – Nat Turner led a rebellion in Vaginia; at least 57 and perhaps as many as B5 whites died; Turner was hanged
• Nat Turner’s Rebellion and other unsuccessful rebellions prompted strict laws across the South designed to curtail slave movements, meetings, and efforts to learn to read and write
• These laws applied to both slaves and freed Blacks