Surviving Southampton: African American Women and Resistance in Nat Turner's Community.

The article reviews Vanessa M. Holden's *Surviving Southampton: African American Women and Resistance in Nat Turner's Community*, which broadens the understanding of the 1831 Southampton Rebellion by highlighting the roles of enslaved and free African American women, children, and the wider community in acts of resistance. Holden uses trial records and testimonies to reveal diverse strategies of resistance, including survival tactics and intentional silences, emphasizing the collective nature of the rebellion beyond Nat Turner himself. The work situates the rebellion within the social and geographic context of Southampton County and contributes to scholarship on enslaved peoples' agency, though the reviewer notes a desire for a more extended post-rebellion analysis. This study is valuable for researchers interested in slavery, African American history, women's history, and archival interpretation.