A Primary Source History of Slavery in the United States by Allison Crotzer Kimmel

Author:Allison Crotzer Kimmel [Kimmel, Allison Crotzer]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: 978-1-4914-1839-0; 978-1-4914-1843-7; primary source; history; american; slavery; african american
Publisher: Capstone
Published: 2019-11-02T00:00:00+00:00

the committee report that includes the Missouri Compromise, dated March 1, 1820

THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE

TENSION TURNS TO VIOLENCE

Tensions over slavery continued to grow between the North and South. Abolitionists pushed hard for an immediate end to slavery. Slave owners pushed for laws that kept their way of life in place.

Created shortly after Turner’s rebellion in 1831, an artist created this woodcut of what the scene might have looked like.

As divisions grew deeper, violent slave rebellions erupted. The most famous was Nat Turner’s rebellion in August 1831. Turner was a slave in Virginia. He and about 70 other slaves tried to free themselves by killing almost 60 white people, including Turner’s owners. In The Confessions of Nat Turner, Turner confessed that God had told him to rebel. “... the Spirit instantly appeared to me and said the Serpent [devil] was loosened ... and that I should take it on and fight against the Serpent ...”

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