As I'm getting ready for a trip to Richmond to do some archival work for my paper on the Nat Turner rebellion, I've been going through the Library of Virginia's fabulous on-line collection of WPA photographs from Southampton County (the scene of the rebellion). I now realize that the Library has some good photographs that haven't been widely seen in recent years of buildings important to the rebellion. One is the house, "Bellemont" (also known as "Belmont,") which is where the rebellion ended as the final group of rebels -- however few there were at that point -- scattered, were killed, or were captured. Also among the Library's collection are other telling photographs -- such as this one, of an overseer's house in Southampton.
But what really excites me this evening is that I now see that the Southampton County minute book from 1831 is available on-line at the Brantley Association's website. A couple of decades back Henry Tragle edited the minute book's section that dealt with the slaves tried in the wake of the rebellion, but it's really great to have digital pictures of the original available for reading.
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