The instigators of this event were brutally suppressed by forces from the warships Warren and Natchez.
One incident during this event saw the fatal beating of Margaret Whitehead with a fence post. The instigators of this event were brutally suppressed by forces from the warships Warren and Natchez. Its leader interpreted a blue-green atmospheric disturbance as a sign of divine approval. Much of the information regarding it comes from a book written by Thomas Ruffin Gray, the court-appointed lawyer of this event's leader. After this action took place, Virginia passed a law heavily restricting the teaching of literacy to slaves. For 10 points, name this 1831 uprising led by a slave known as the "Prophet," which resulted in the deaths of over fifty whites.
One incident during this event saw the fatal beating of Margaret Whitehead with a fence post.
{Nat Turner's Rebellion} [accept equivalents for {rebellion}, accept {Southampton Revolt/Rebellion/Insurrection}]