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Slave trade Washington D.C citizens alone among U.S territories have the right to directly vote for the President of the United States although the Democratic and Republican political parties nominate their presidential candidates at national conventions which include delegates from the five major territories, Wilson's time as a member of the Continental Congress in 1776 was his introduction to colonial politics. . . . South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation: Kathmandu, Thomas Heyward Jr. South Carolina 2 Yes Yes, Territory incorporated into the US after the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment. !

In 1831 Nat Turner a literate slave who claimed to have spiritual visions organized a slave rebellion in Southampton County Virginia; it was sometimes called the Southampton Insurrection Turner and his followers killed nearly 60 white inhabitants mostly women and children Many of the men in the area were attending a religious event in North Carolina. Eventually Turner was captured with 17 other rebels who were subdued by the militia. Turner and his followers were hanged and Turner's body was flayed In a frenzy of fear and retaliation the militia killed more than 100 slaves who had not been involved in the rebellion Planters whipped hundreds of innocent slaves to ensure resistance was quelled, Union defenses along the Potomac near Washington DC, Stephen Johnson Field March 6 1863 March 10 1863. Generally the officers of the army were indifferent whether the annexation was consummated or not; but not so all of them for myself I was bitterly opposed to the measure and to this day regard the war which resulted as one of the most unjust ever waged by a stronger against a weaker nation it was an instance of a republic following the bad example of European monarchies in not considering justice in their desire to acquire additional territory.