Slave Revolt Questions
Directions:
a. Answer all questions in complete paragraphs (5-7 sentences)
b. Highlight your answers or type in a different colored text.
1. Summarize both the argument that slave revolts helped the anti-slavery cause and the
argument that slave revolts hurt the anti-slavery clause. (Write a separate paragraph for
each argument. Use your own words and go beyond the summaries presented at the
beginning of the article).
2. Explain what happened in the Prosser Rebellion and how it ended.
3. Explain what happened in the Vesey Conspiracy and how it ended.
4. Explain what happened in the Nat Turner Rebellion. How was it different from the
Prosser and Vesey Rebellions? Was the outcome any different?
5. How did whites respond to slave rebellions? How did rebellions change the daily life
of slaves?