Solon Borland
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Solon Borland was an American politician, journalist, medical doctor and military officer. He served as a United States Senator from Arkansas from 1848 to 1853. Later in life, he served as an officer
Portrait of Borland by Mathew Brady
Nat Turner's Rebellion
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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 u
Solon Borland
…in Philadelphia and Louisville. As a captain in 1831, he led a company of Virginia militia forces that were dispatched to Southampton County to fight Nat Turner's Rebellion. He owned slaves himself. Borland was elected as a United States Senator to fill the unexpired term of Ambrose H. Sevier. His views were generally of…
"Nat Turner & His Confederates in Conference", engraving from Orville J. Victor's History of American Conspiracies: A Record of Treason, Insurrection, Rebellion, &c. in the United States of America, From 1760 to 1860 (1863)
Belmont plantation, where the rebellion was suppressed
Discovery of Nat Turner, c. 1884 wood engraving by William Henry Shelton, illustrating Benjamin Phipps's capture of Nat Turner.
Nat Turner's Rebellion as depicted in Samuel Warner's Authentic and Impartial Narrative of the Tragical Scene, published in 1831