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Virginia Emancipation Debates Stirred by Southampton Revolt
A Virginia legislative session reflected on slavery after the Southampton insurrection of August 1831, with speakers denouncing slavery as cruel and harmful. Prominent Virginians warned of national calamity, urging emancipation or strong reforms as a remedy to slaveholding’s moral and social costs.
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Southampton
Harper's Ferry
Arn
Richmond Enquirer
Lnte
Thomas Ritchie
Richmond Whig
John Hampden Pleasanta
Moore
Rockbridge
Rives
Campbell
Virginia
Powell
Buckingham
Hreston
Jefferson
Summers
Kanawha
Senate of the
United States
Rufus King
Chandler
Norfolk
Wall
Thomas J. Randolph
Albemarle
Harper's
Terry
Henry Berry
Thomas Marshall
Fauquier
Janes McDowell
Congress
South
Pontuts
Cresnes
Nat Turner
Nat Turner J
Virginine
Philip A. Bolling
Rachel
Roen
Mecklenburg
Williams, Goode
Pone
Faulkner
Old Brown
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Chicago
Paceman
Gererammeck Aloald Fe Couvea
Washington
Inet
Kansas
Thiek
Gov. Wise
Southern
Freeonter
Buchanan
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Gund Soma Tony
Republican National Committee