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2278
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Across northeastern N.C. in the spring of 1802 rumors of a slave uprising abounded. The plot, however, was uncovered, and the arrest and execution of twenty-three slaves quelled the fears of area plantation owners and residents.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 62 Issue 12, May 1995, p40-42, il
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Record #:
6199
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The slave revolt led by Nat Turner in Southampton County, Virginia, in August of 1831, caused 59 white deaths and widespread destruction. Morris describes how the citizens of North Carolina reacted when the news reached them and how the revolt affected slaves at the time and in the ensuing years.
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Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 20 Issue 2, Winter 1981, p29-31, il, por, bibl
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12283
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Pre-Civil War slave rebellions were not uncommon in North Carolina. Across northeastern North Carolina in the spring of 1802 rumors of a slave uprising abounded. \"The Coleraine Letter\" and other plots, real or imagined, launched the worst insurrection panic in North Carolina history. The plot, however, was uncovered. Trials in Hertford and Bertie counties resulted in the hanging of eleven slaves and the whipping and deportation of others.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 39 Issue 6, Aug 1971, p7-10, 19, il, por, map
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Record #:
19594
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The South's white population often lived in a state of fear of slave uprisings, especially where runaway slave communities existed such as the Dismal Swamp. This article presents the historic legislative measures taken by the state's General Assembly to prevent slave violence against whites.
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20825
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This article looks at the presentation of the Nat Turner Insurrection in 1831, as well as subsequent developments that followed within North Carolina, by the North Carolina newspapers the \"Star,\" \"Raleigh Register,\" \"North Carolina State Gazette,\" and the \"Carolina Observer.\" Details on how these papers' editors labored to get news in general as well as analysis of the coverage of the events are included.
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