Slave Rebellion Research Paper

The Beginning Slavery began when the first African slaves were brought to Jamestown, Virginia, in 1619, to aid such lucrative crops as tobacco. As hard as it may be to believe but slavery was completely legal. You may wonder why slave-owners couldn't do work themselves. The reason is the cotton industry was HUGE back then. The invention of the cotton gin also led southern states to depend so highly on slavery. The cotton gin is a machine that separates cotton from their seeds so much quicker (which was actually very time consuming) than by hand. The inventor was Eli Whitney in 1793 and patented it in 1794. A revolutionized cotton gin is still used today.

Nat Turner's Slave Rebellion Nat Turner was an African-American who led a slave rebellion in the morning of August 23,
This took place in Richmond, Virginia. At the time, Prosser was twenty-four years old and was born into slavery. Prosser had planned to start the revolt at night, to kill all whites except Frenchmen, Quakers, and Methodist. He basically wanted to become the town's leader. His plan had legitimately failed when he had found out that two fellow slaves warned authorities. By the time Prosser and his followers went to town, the militia had been waiting for them. About 35 of them were found and executed. But, Prosser had escaped to Norfolk, where he was betrayed by fellow slaves, brought back to Richmond, tried, found guilty, and executed on October 6th, 1800.

13 Amendment The 13th Amendment was the amendment that abolished slavery. It states "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction." The 13th Amendment was passed by Senate on April 8, 1864. It was passed by the House on January 31,