I was curious about the "cave" Turner hid in ( not a topographical feature I associate with that tidewater county ) but in looking for around I found a 2013 proposal to create a heritage "Southampton Insurrection Trail." Details at http://southamptoncounty.org/MediaArchive/PDF/BOS-Agenda-February-2013/No.%206%20-%20Project%20Update%20-%20Nat%20Turner_1831%20Southampton%20Insurrection%20Trail.pdf Jon Kukla ________________ On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 1:24 PM, James D Watkinson <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Beverly Tucker, professor of Law, 1834-1951, told students at the College > that, as slave holders, they had been "chosen as the instrument, in the > hand of God, for accomplishing the great purpose of his benevolence," i.e. > Christianizing and civilizing the African. > > On Oct 12, 2016 1:09 PM, "Terry L. Meyers" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > It might be worth adding that an important postscript to Nat > > Turner’s rebellion was some discussion in the state legislature of > slavery > > and whether it could be done away with; that led W&M president Thomas > > Roderick Dew, an eminent economist, to write his chilling Review of the > > Debate in the Virginia Legislature of 1831 and 1832. > > > > https://archive.org/details/reviewofdebateon00dewt < > > https://archive.org/details/reviewofdebateon00dewt> > > > > Dew’s tone is precisely that of the speaker in Jonathan Swift’s > “A > > Modest Proposal,” but, of course, with no irony behind it. He’s simply > > applying the immutable laws that govern property and economics. Though > he > > and his faculty are W&M’s special shame, Mr. Jefferson’s university tried > > to entice him to Charlottesville in 1845. > > > > W&M dug his bones up in Paris in 1939 and reinterred him in the > > Wren crypt after a fulsome ceremony, a further emblem, as if one was > > needed, that blacks were not welcome here. > > > > > > > > Out of the Box has posted a new item, '"Nat's War": The Southampton > > Slave Rebellion of 1831’ > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------- > > Terry L. Meyers, Chancellor Professor of English Emeritus, College of > > William and Mary, Williamsburg Virginia > > 23187 > > > > http://wmpeople.wm.edu/site/page/tlmeye/ <http://wmpeople.wm.edu/site/ > > page/tlmeye/> > > > > http://www.ecologyfund.com/ecology/_ecology.html < > > http://www.ecologyfund.com/ecology/_ecology.html> > > ———————————————————————————————————————————————————— > > > > Have we got a college? Have we got a football team?.... Well, we > > can't afford both. Tomorrow we start tearing down the college. > > --Groucho Marx, in "Horse Feathers." > > > > > > ______________________________________ > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions > at > > http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html > > > > ______________________________________ > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at > http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html > ______________________________________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html