Vanessa M. Holden
Surviving Southampton: African American Women and Resistance in Nat Turner's Community
Surviving Southampton: African American Women and Resistance in Nat Turner's Community
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The 1831 Southampton Rebellion led by Nat Turner involved an entire community. Vanessa M. Holden's book Surviving Southampton sheds new light on the places and people surrounding the rebellion, recasting it as one event that reveals the continuum of practices that sustained resistance and survival among local Black people.
Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 184 pages
Publication date: 13 July 2021
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
The local community surrounding the Nat Turner rebellion in 1831 Southampton County, Virginia, played a significant role in the events leading up to and following the rebellion. In her book "Surviving Southampton," Vanessa M. Holden explores the lives of women and children, both free and enslaved, who lived in this region before, during, and after the revolt. Through meticulous mapping of the region's multilayered human geography, Holden provides a fuller picture of the inhabitants, revealing not only their interactions with physical locations but also their social relationships in space and time.
Holden's analysis recasts the Southampton Rebellion as one event that reveals the continuum of practices that sustained resistance and survival among local Black people. She follows how African Americans continued these practices through the rebellions immediate aftermath and into the future, showing how Black women and communities raised children who remembered and heeded the lessons absorbed during the calamitous events of 1831.
A bold challenge to traditional accounts, "Surviving Southampton" sheds new light on the places and people surrounding America's most famous rebellion against slavery. By delving into the experiences of women and children, Holden offers a more nuanced understanding of the rebellion and its impact on the community. Her book contributes to our understanding of the complex and multifaceted history of slavery and resistance in the United States.
Weight: 288g
Dimension: 151 x 228 x 20 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780252085857
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