Memories of the rebellion run deep in Southampton, where many residents have ancestors who died during the violence or lived through it.įrancis, who lost 36 relatives, doesn’t view Turner as a hero, but said he respects him for fighting to overthrow slavery. “The event is troublesome history for blacks and whites.
Preserving this particular slice of history isn’t easy, because of the racial violence and fear that surrounds it, Francis said. The group received grant money from the state and moving advice from the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities. There’s also a brochure, developed a few years ago by the historical society, and four videotapes the group made in the early 1990s.īut moving and shoring up the Vaughan house is the historical society’s first significant preservation effort involving Turner. There are two roadside historical markers. Southampton doesn’t have many public acknowledgments of the rebellion.
Of the remaining four, only one is occupied and in good condition. Some of the homes where the rebellion happened collapsed in the early 1990s, Francis said. That’s when the historical society began to raise money to stabilize the building and move it, said society member Richard Francis.
The man who owned the farm where the Vaughan house was located wanted it demolished two years ago.
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