Uprising's and Rebellion's

Bacon's Rebellion

Nathaniel Bacon, A wealthy English man, acquired a goal to drive out all the Native Americans near the Virginia colony, Bacon viewed all the Native Americans as enemies. The governor of the colony at the time was William Berkeley, he did not mind fighting the Natives if there was a reason, but mainly viewed them as friends. Nathaniel Bacon had many underprivileged supporters due to the fact, that he believed indentured servants should obtain freedom, and in 1675, the group created an uprising. The rebellion ended a year later when the Royal British force was sent to arrest the rebels, African Americans included. This small uprising had a large impact on the ending of the use of indentured servants. It also proved that the African Americans and Caucasian colonist could unite in a cause.

The Link below will take you to a first hand account related to Nathaniel Bacon's rebellion.

www.virtualjamestown.org/exist/cocoon/jamestown/fha/J1061

The Stono Rebellion

The Stono Rebellion was the largest slave rebellion prior to the American Revolution. On September 9, 1739 a group of approximately twenty Carolinian slaves met at the Stono river close to Charleston. The slaves began to murder blacks and whites, along their trip they gathered more recruits and burned houses. Later that afternoon, men caught up with the group of rebels. The Library of Congress states, " More than twenty white Carolinians and nearly twice as many black Carolinians were killed before the rebellion was suppressed. As a consequence of the uprising, white lawmakers imposed a moratorium on slave imports and enacted a harsher slave code."

The Link below will take you more in depth through the Stono Rebellion. It includes maps and a first hand account.

nationalhumanitiescenter.org/pds/becomingamer/peoples/text4/stonorebellion.pdf

Nat Turner's Rebellion

Nat Turner was born at a Virginian plantation in the 19th century. He progressed to learn how to read and write, later on he became a preacher. Turner believed he was chosen by God to lead a slave rebellion, on August 1931, Turner was convinced his time to rise up had come. Nat Turner was the only African-American to lead an effective uprising, which scared many of the colonist in the South. Turner was later captured and hanged along with some of his followers.

The video featured below describes the history of slave uprising's

PBS. Accessed October 12, 2018. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part1/1p274.html.

"Today in History - September 9." The Library of Congress. Accessed October 12, 2018. https://www.loc.gov/item/today-in-history/september-09/.

History.com. Accessed October 12, 2018. https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/nat-turner.