<sod>'''Nat Turner's Rebellion''' (also known as the '''Southampton Insurrection''') was a [[slave rebellion]] that took place in [[Southampton County, Virginia|Southampton County]], Virginia, during August 1831.<ref name="Schwarz">[http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/ah/2006/4/2006_4_72.shtml Frederic D. Schwarz] "1831: Nat Turner's Rebellion," ''American Heritage'', August/September 2006.</ref>  Led by [[Nat Turner]], rebel slaves killed anywhere from 55 to 65 people, the highest number of fatalities caused by any slave uprising in the [[Southern United States]]. The rebellion was put down within a few days, but Turner survived in hiding for more than two months afterwards.  The rebellion was effectively suppressed at [[Belmont (Capron, Virginia)|Belmont Plantation]] on the morning of August 23, 1831.<ref name=VAnom>{{cite web|url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Southampton/087-0030_Belmont_1973_Final_Nomination.pdf|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Belmont|author=Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff|date=July 1973|publisher=Virginia Department of Historic Resources}}</ref><eod>
<sod>'''Nat Turner's Rebellion''' (also known as the '''Southampton Insurrection''') was a [[slave rebellion]] that took place in [[Southampton County, Virginia|Southampton County]], Virginia, during August 1831.<ref name="Schwarz">[http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/ah/2006/4/2006_4_72.shtml Frederic D. Schwarz] "1831: Nat Turner's Rebellion," ''American Heritage'', August/September 2006.</ref>  Led by [[Nat Turner]], rebel slaves were convicted of murdering 55-65 white men, women, children, and infants, the highest number of fatalities caused by any slave uprising in the [[Southern United States]]. The rebellion was put down within a few days, but Turner survived in hiding for more than two months afterwards.  The rebellion was effectively suppressed at [[Belmont (Capron, Virginia)|Belmont Plantation]] on the morning of August 23, 1831.<ref name=VAnom>{{cite web|url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Southampton/087-0030_Belmont_1973_Final_Nomination.pdf|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Belmont|author=Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff|date=July 1973|publisher=Virginia Department of Historic Resources}}</ref><eod>