Question

1. Notice the location of Southampton County. What was the population of slaves in this county.
2. What does this map tell you about the context in which the Nat Turner rebellion occurred Does the map help explain anything Does it help connect any ideas?

Answer 1

The slave population in Southampton ranged from 36.31% to 53.31%. This context contributed to the Nat Turner rebellion due to the majority of the population was  African American slaves.

In 1831 a slave uprising occurred in Southampton County known as the Nat Turner Rebellion. This insurrection occurred after a young slave named Nat Turner took the place of preacher of his community and convinced them of make the rebelion.

As seen in the image, more than half of the population of Southampton were African-American slaves, so an insurrection would be successful in a simple way. Additionally, neighboring counties had even more slave populations.

However this insurrection was unsuccessful, it only lasted two months in which the violence against the slaves intensified and they were sentenced to death, including Nat Turner.

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Answer 2

The slave population in Southampton County was around 36.31% to 53.31% of the population. This contributed greatly to Nat Turner rebellion.

We can arrive at this answer because:

• By observing the coloration that Southampton County presents on the map, we were able to analyze the legend of the map and observe the number of slaves in this region.
• According to the map, we can say that Southampton County fits into regions that had about 36.31% to 53.31% of its population made up of slaves.
• This is a very high number and shows that Southampton County could have up to more than half of its population made up of slaves.

These data show that the number of enslaved African Americans in Southampton County facilitated the establishment of the Nat Turner Rebellion, which was a slave revolt, led by Nat Turner, who sought freedom and fought white supremacy.

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