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VIOLENT ABOLITIONISTS
Gabriel Prosser, Nat Turner, and John BrownSOL: VUS.6c
Gabriel Prosser: 1800
Free African-American from the north.
Planned to overtake the city of Richmond, VA.
Wanted to negotiate the conditions of slavery.
Was eventually captured and hanged.
Nat Turner: 1831
Enslaved Minister in Virginia
Believed that God had chosen him to save his people from bondage.
Responsible for killing more than 50 white men, women, and children.
John Brown: 1859
Wanted to create a colony for runaway slaves.
He and his followers raid the arsenal at Harper’s Ferry, VA to get weapons.
Was captured by Marines.
Was hanged in Charles Town, VA.
Impact of Slave Revolts
Increased fears of slave revolts to southern plantation owners.
Tighter, more harsh punishment given to slaves in response.
Did the efforts by these individuals help or make worse the conditions of slavery?
