How Did Nat Turner's Slave Rebellion Impact Society

Most people have never heard of Nat Turner’s Slave rebellion, even though it is the most successful slave rebellion in U.S. history. It occurred in Southampton County, Virginia, In the year 1831, and was therefore also called the Southampton Insurrection. The rebellion was led by a slave named Nat Turner. He was an extremely religious man and followed a series of signs he saw, environmental and spiritual both, to start the rebellion, which was extremely deadly to the whites in the area, causing the most white deaths from a slave rebellion thus far. It definitely changed people’s views on African Americans by a considerable amount. Nat Turner’s Slave Rebellion was an important event in slavery in the U.S. due to the environmental happenings that convinced Turner to begin the rebellion, because it was the most effective slave rebellion in United States history, and since it made a huge impact on people’s views on slaves.
Nat Turner’s rebellion was started because of his religious …show more content…
and its impactful consequence on others. Turner was mainly fueled by his religious beliefs and visions as he planned the rebellion. The spirits he saw encouraged him on, and he only needed a few coincidental environmental occurrences to be taken on cue to begin his uprising. It ended up being extremely fatal as the unorganized mob of slaves scattered and murdered several families. After it all seemed to be over, terror had already spread amongst the southerners and several killings of African Americans followed, along with unfair laws against them. The Southampton Insurrection was unquestionably a horrifying event in history despite its short length of only a few days. It seemed to only heighten the barrier between African Americans and whites, whether those were Turner’s intentions or