Question

What was one result of Nat Turner’s rebellion, in which Turner organized a group of fellow slaves and killed 60 white people

Answer 1

Answer:

C. White Southerners created stricter laws to police slaves’ behavior.

Explanation:

• On August 22, 1831, slave Nat Turner led a slave rebellion in Virginia. He believed that God chose him to lead his people into freedom.
• He started the rebellion with five like-minded people, but after two days, that number had grown to about 70 slaves. The plan was to free as many slaves as possible by terrorizing Southampton County, Virginia.
• The plan succeeded in implementing, while killing at least 57 white men, women and children. But afterwards, local white men, aided by military forces, quelled the rebellion.
• Nat Turner managed to escape but was caught six weeks later. He was brought to court and convicted of organizing a rebellion and hanged in November 1831.
• The so-called Nat Turner Rebellion scared many white people in the area. Even stricter laws were introduced for slaves and all efforts to abolish slavery were unsuccessful for a long time.