AP US History
The year 1831 is significant for the context of African Americans in the Early Republic, as it marked the occurrence of Nat Turner's Rebellion, a pivotal slave uprising in Virginia. This event heightened tensions around slavery and led to increased repression of enslaved people and free blacks, influencing the national conversation on abolition and rights. The rebellion brought attention to the harsh realities of slavery and contributed to a growing abolitionist movement in the North, creating divisions between the North and South over the issue of slavery.