Week of November 24: Fluvanna women demand an end to slavery
- Author
- Virginia Audio Collective
- Published
- Tue 24 Nov 2020
- Episode Link
- None
Episode Notes
Nat Turner’s 1831 rebellion horrified white Virginians and scared all of the slaveholding south. Anti-slavery debates erupted in the Virginia Legislature -- and afforded women their first chance to have their voices heard in state politics.
