CHAPTER VII.. Negro Insurrections.

NEGRO INSURRECTIONS.

The Negro not so Docile as supposed.--The Reason why he was kept in Bondage.--Negroes possessed Courage but lacked Leaders.--Insurrection of Slaves.--Gen. Gabriel as a Leader.--Negro Insurrection planned in South Carolina.--Evils of, revealed.--The "Nat. Turner" Insurrection in South Hampton County, Virginia.--The Whites arm themselves to repel the Insurrectionists.--Capture and Trial of "Nat. Turner."--His Execution.--Effect of the Insurrection upon Slaves and Slave-holders 82