The Southampton Slave Revolt of 1831: A Compilation of Source MaterialHenry Irving Tragle |
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... circumstances good feeling would have suggested the propriety of his charging no more than would indemnify him , a base and sordid love of pelf could alone have prompted the idea of speculating upon men in our situation . We tended our ...
... circumstances good feeling would have suggested the propriety of his charging no more than would indemnify him , a base and sordid love of pelf could alone have prompted the idea of speculating upon men in our situation . We tended our ...
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... circumstances connected with the case of the negro man recently committed to Baltimore Jail , inducing the suspicion that he may have had any concern in the Southampton affair . On the contrary , it was a simple case of committment ...
... circumstances connected with the case of the negro man recently committed to Baltimore Jail , inducing the suspicion that he may have had any concern in the Southampton affair . On the contrary , it was a simple case of committment ...
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... circumstances , and having the advantage of his state- ment before me in writing , on the evening of the third day that I had been with him , I began a cross examination and found his statement corroborated by every circumstance coming ...
... circumstances , and having the advantage of his state- ment before me in writing , on the evening of the third day that I had been with him , I began a cross examination and found his statement corroborated by every circumstance coming ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
Southampton County Virginia in 1831 | 13 |
Insurrection Rebellion or Revolt? | 21 |
Copyright | |
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alleged in delay ampton appeared arms arraigned August bar in custody blacks Carr Bowers citizens Cobb Commonwealth Confessions Counsel County of Southampton Court after hearing Court doth Court of Oyer day of September defendent Dismal Swamp Drewry Eppes escape Francis free Negroes Gent Goodwyn Governor guilty in manner guns Hark heard hearing the testimony Henry Irving insurgents insurrection Jack jail Jailor James L James Trezevant Jerusalem John Floyd killed knew to say late letter Levi Waller massacre master miles militia Monday morning murder named Nat Turner negro man slave night Norfolk North Carolina o'clock offered or alleged Original Oyer and Terminer Parker Peete Petersburg pleaded not guilty premises pleaded record Reese revolt Richard Porter Richmond Enquirer scene Sept September 1831 shot slave the property slavery South Southampton County Southampton Insurrection Swamp Thomas Thomas Barrow tion trial troops Virginia Whig white persons Whitehead witness