Belmont is a historic

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where

Nat Turner's Rebellion Nat Turner's Rebellion, historically known as the Southampton Insurrection, was a slave rebellion that took place in Southampton County, Virginia, in August 1831. Led by Nat Turner, the rebels, made up of enslaved African Americans, killed b ...

took place. Located near Capron, Southampton County, Virginia, it was built about 1790 and is a -story, frame dwelling sheathed in weatherboard. It has a side gable roof with dormers and sits on a brick foundation. It has a single pile, central-hall plan and features a Chinese lattice railing on the second story. Also on the property are a contributing

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. At Belmont, on the morning of August 23, 1831, Nat Turner's slave rebellion was effectively suppressed. an
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in 1973.

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Plantation houses in Virginia Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Houses completed in 1790 Houses in Southampton County, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Southampton County, Virginia Nat Turner {{SouthamptonCountyVA-NRHP-stub