Feb. 2, 2011   New: Midterm essay questions and instructions online

Paper topic instructions and options now online

New: Study questions on Nat Turner and slave revolts now online here.

History 350: American Radicalism

I’ll hold a midterm review session right after class today.

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I’ve put a videotape of Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property on reserve. If you missed it in class, it is recommended but not required that you to see it in the Knight Library Reserve/Video Room.      PBS Independent Lens website for the film

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I. Nat Turner's Predecessors
    A. Gabriel's Rebellion, Richmond, VA, 1800
documentary exhibit on slave rebellions from PBS "Africans in America" series

    B. Denmark Vesey's plot, Charleston, SC, 1822
from PBS "Africans in America" series

II. Turner's Rebellion
from PBS exhibit Turner's confession documents on slavery
    A. Environment and preconditions

    B. Turner as leader
        1. Delusionary madman?
        2. Revolutionary organizer?

    C. Goals: Vengeance, Escape, Liberation?

III. Results
A. Reprisal and Repression
excerpts from revised Alabama slavery code, 1833

    B. White Virginia Debates Slavery
Sen. Calhoun calls slavery a "positive good" Thomas Dew reviews the Virginia debates

    C. White Abolitionists, Slave Revolts and Nonviolence

    D. Turner as Inspiration 

Artist’s Portrayal of Gabriel Prosser Denmark Vesey Memorial, Charleston SC   

                Nat Turner Preaching                           Nat Turner Captured