COVE

This illustration was a woodcut made in 1831 after the uprising that describes the different stages of the Nat Turner Slave Rebellion. It shows different parts to try and depict the rebellion and how awful the slaves were. The image is meant to show Nat Turner killing his owner (Number 2) as well as an innocent mother and children (Number 1). Number 3 in the image is showing a white man showing resist to the attack. Finally, Number 4 is showing how soldiers of whites are stopping the attack and chasing the rebels into the woods.  

This picture is significant to the slave rebellion because of how it depicted all slaves after the killings and what they were capable of. It was used as propaganda in the South in order to make slaves look angry and dangerous. This helped caused additional oppression for slaves based on the aftermath of the new rules. For example, after that night hundreds of slaves were beaten and killed just because of the fear that the rebellion brought to slave owners. The article works in the south by trying to make all slaves out as evil making the South come out with more laws and rules to ensure nothing like this would happen again.