Joseph TRAVIS, VA d.1831 in slave revolt
Does anyone know who were the TRAVIS ancestors of Joseph TRAVIS of Southampton Co. VA, the slaveowner who was killed in 1831 in Turner's rebellion?
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http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/6185/----for reference:-----------------http://www.historybuff.com/library/refslave.html
By Steve Goldman
NCSA Member #9
Early in the morning of August 22, 1831, a band of eight black slaves, led by a lay preacher named Nat Turner, entered the Travis house in Southampton County, Virginia and killed five members of the Travis family. This was the beginning of a slave uprising that was to become known as Nat Turner's rebellion.