Basic#10 Flashcards
Gabriel’s Rebellion
Slave Revolt that failed when Gabriel Prosser, a slave preacher and Blacksmith, and Blacksmith, and organized a thousand slaves for an attack in Richmond, Virginia, in 1800.
Nat Turner’s Revolt
Uprising of slaves in Southampton County, Virginia, in the summer of 1831 led by Nat Turner that resulted in the death of fifty-five white people.
Pg. 327
Cotton King
The title for cotton during the time where cotton dominated the South and cotton became a huge export and increased fortunes for cotton farmers.
Pg. 314
Second Great Awakening
Religious revival among black and white Southerners in 1790’s.
Pg. 325
Black codes
Laws passed by states and municipalities denying many rights of citizenship to free black people before the Civil War.
Pg. 328