https://padlet.com/allahp8552/2qlhu1phdm7swqvz ELA Research Project en-us 2021-01-08 06:59:15 UTC 2025-10-07 02:09:33 UTC hello@padlet.com http://wp.production.patheos.com/blogs/mercynotsacrifice/files/2016/07/nat-turner.jpg allahp8552 https://padlet.com/allahp8552/2qlhu1phdm7swqvz/wish/1066183960 1793 Cotton was said to have a big impact on slavery in the south. It was in big demand but removing the seeds from it slowed down production. Slaves were used to speed up producing cotton. They were cash cows. The Cotton Gin made picking cotton easier and slaves were a big part of this for plantations. So keeping slavery alive in the south was very important]]> 2021-01-08 07:23:53 UTC https://padlet.com/allahp8552/2qlhu1phdm7swqvz/wish/1066183960 allahp8552 https://padlet.com/allahp8552/2qlhu1phdm7swqvz/wish/1066186709 1619 The White Lion was a slave ship headed to Virginia carrying over 20 African slaves. Nat Turner's ancestors was said to be on this ship that was stolen from the Portugeese. ]]> 2021-01-08 07:26:01 UTC https://padlet.com/allahp8552/2qlhu1phdm7swqvz/wish/1066186709 allahp8552 https://padlet.com/allahp8552/2qlhu1phdm7swqvz/wish/1066204353 1600-1860 there was over 4 million slaves in the US mostly in the south.  Slaves were beaten, killed, attacked and treated like animals.  They lived in fear and could not make their lives better because they were denied rights and education. They were not even considered human.]]> 2021-01-08 07:38:39 UTC https://padlet.com/allahp8552/2qlhu1phdm7swqvz/wish/1066204353 allahp8552 https://padlet.com/allahp8552/2qlhu1phdm7swqvz/wish/1066213576 October 2, 1800 Nat Turner was born a slave in Virginia. His mother got pregnant by her slave owner who many said was Nat Turner's father. Hid mom wanted to kill him at birth because she didnt want him to be a slave. Nat was given to a slave couple. People said Nat was a genius. He taught himself to read at 3 and began preaching in slave churches. He was also a prophet and could see things before they happened. ]]> 2021-01-08 07:44:37 UTC https://padlet.com/allahp8552/2qlhu1phdm7swqvz/wish/1066213576 allahp8552 https://padlet.com/allahp8552/2qlhu1phdm7swqvz/wish/1066221909 1809 Nat Turner was sold to his slave owner's son who Samuel who was only 9. ]]> 2021-01-08 07:50:27 UTC https://padlet.com/allahp8552/2qlhu1phdm7swqvz/wish/1066221909 allahp8552 https://padlet.com/allahp8552/2qlhu1phdm7swqvz/wish/1066230693 2021-01-08 07:56:21 UTC https://padlet.com/allahp8552/2qlhu1phdm7swqvz/wish/1066230693 allahp8552 https://padlet.com/allahp8552/2qlhu1phdm7swqvz/wish/1066244980 2021-01-08 08:05:57 UTC https://padlet.com/allahp8552/2qlhu1phdm7swqvz/wish/1066244980 allahp8552 https://padlet.com/allahp8552/2qlhu1phdm7swqvz/wish/1066250324 Nat Turner was said to be a prophet and he said would get signs from God. He saw a solar eclipse and that was his sign to have a black uprising or rebellion. He begins to plan.]]> 2021-01-08 08:09:27 UTC https://padlet.com/allahp8552/2qlhu1phdm7swqvz/wish/1066250324 allahp8552 https://padlet.com/allahp8552/2qlhu1phdm7swqvz/wish/1066256083 Nat Turner's Slave Revolt begins. He and six other slaves killed the Travis Family first who was Nat Turner's owners.]]> 2021-01-08 08:13:31 UTC https://padlet.com/allahp8552/2qlhu1phdm7swqvz/wish/1066256083 allahp8552 https://padlet.com/allahp8552/2qlhu1phdm7swqvz/wish/1066262033 Nat Turner meets with other slaves in Cabin Pond in Southhampton County, Virginia to plan the revolt. Nat recruits over 70 slaves and in 2 days kills over 6o white plantation owners and their entire families. ]]> 2021-01-08 08:17:10 UTC https://padlet.com/allahp8552/2qlhu1phdm7swqvz/wish/1066262033 allahp8552 https://padlet.com/allahp8552/2qlhu1phdm7swqvz/wish/1066271824 2021-01-08 08:23:31 UTC https://padlet.com/allahp8552/2qlhu1phdm7swqvz/wish/1066271824 allahp8552 https://padlet.com/allahp8552/2qlhu1phdm7swqvz/wish/1066276818 November 11, 1831 After the uprising, Nat Turner hid in woods for over six weeks until he was caught and hung in Jerusalem, VA with 16 of his followers.  He surrendered peacefully, 50 of his followers were killed as well as over 200 black slaves just because they know him]]> 2021-01-08 08:26:42 UTC https://padlet.com/allahp8552/2qlhu1phdm7swqvz/wish/1066276818 allahp8552 https://padlet.com/allahp8552/2qlhu1phdm7swqvz/wish/1066312423 2021-01-08 08:47:41 UTC https://padlet.com/allahp8552/2qlhu1phdm7swqvz/wish/1066312423 allahp8552 https://padlet.com/allahp8552/2qlhu1phdm7swqvz/wish/1066333084 Nat Turner's Revolt made laws against slaves ever worse just to send a message but many say that his revolt lit a flame for the Civil War because most Northern States were against slavery. the revolt also showed how blacks really felt about being enslaved and it showed how slavery was effecting blacks. The revolt also put fear in whites which was something blacks felt everyday. Nat Turner's Revolt may not have been that successful but it was a little piece that played a huge part in ending slavery.]]> 2021-01-08 08:59:10 UTC https://padlet.com/allahp8552/2qlhu1phdm7swqvz/wish/1066333084 allahp8552 https://padlet.com/allahp8552/2qlhu1phdm7swqvz/wish/1068278066 The VA State Legislature held a debate after Nat Turner's Revolt to discuss getting rid of slavery. Two sides debated, pro abolitionist and traditionalist, for 2 weeks. Slavery did not end but the revolt created tension between the north and south which grew and started the civil war.]]> 2021-01-08 18:36:09 UTC https://padlet.com/allahp8552/2qlhu1phdm7swqvz/wish/1068278066 allahp8552 https://padlet.com/allahp8552/2qlhu1phdm7swqvz/wish/1068311152 The war was fought between northern and southern states that disagreed about politics, the economy and slavery. Northern states felt slavery wasnt moral or right and used Nat Turner's Revolt to show how slavery effected blacks. Southern states saw slavery as money only and didnt care about the treatment of slaves. The Republican Party elected Abraham Lincoln who was against slavery for the most part was a major cause for the war. ]]> 2021-01-08 18:43:41 UTC https://padlet.com/allahp8552/2qlhu1phdm7swqvz/wish/1068311152 allahp8552 https://padlet.com/allahp8552/2qlhu1phdm7swqvz/wish/1068353476 Congress passed the 13th Amendment of the Constitution to abolish slavery in the US. President Lincoln approved it]]> 2021-01-08 18:53:33 UTC https://padlet.com/allahp8552/2qlhu1phdm7swqvz/wish/1068353476