Speech concerning Nat Turner's insurrection, 1941.

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Speech concerning Nat Turner's insurrection, 1941.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50997621

With Mrs. Shearin's talk on Turner are photographs of people, scenes, and artifacts relating to the insurrection or Southampton County in general including the birthplaces of George H. Thomas and William Mahone.

1 item + 60 photographs.

University of Virginia. Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7634558

University of Virginia. Library

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Mahone, William, 1826-1895

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Confederate Army officer, railroad administrator, politician. From the description of Papers, 1853-1895; (bulk 1876-1892). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 23371607 Politician and senator, leader in "Readjuster" movement to readjust state debt. From the description of Letter : Petersburg, to Merideth Watson, Nottoway County, 1880 April 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122539121 James Barron Hope was born 23 March 1829 in Norfolk, Virginia...

Thomas, George Henry, 1816-1870

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Thomas was born at Newsom's Depot, Southampton County, Virginia, five miles (8 km) from the North Carolina border. His father, John Thomas, of Welsh descent, and his mother, Elizabeth Rochelle Thomas, a descendant of French Huguenot immigrants, had six children. George had three sisters and two brothers. The family led an upper-class plantation lifestyle. By 1829, they owned 685 acres (2.77 km2) and 24 slaves. John died in a farm accident when George was 13, leaving the family in financial diffi...

Shearin, J. Connell, Mrs.

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Southside Virginia local historian. From the description of Speech concerning Nat Turner's insurrection, 1941. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 50997621 ...

Turner, Nat, 1800?-1831

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Nat Turner (b. Oct. 2, 1800, Southampton County, VA-d. Nov. 11, 1831, Southampton County, VA) was born into slavery as the property of Benjamin Turner and later his son Samuel Turner. On Aug. 21, 1831, he led a two-day rebellion of slaves and free blacks in Southampton County, Virginia. After the rebellion was suppressed, Turner escaped but was captured in Oct 1831. He was hanged Nov. 11, 1831....