“Give me freedom or give me death!” Patrick Henry said this during his March 23, 1775 speech on the struggle to gain independence for the New England colonies from the English. This quote inspired the words printed on the banner of Gabriel's Rebellion in 1800. "Death or Freedom". Many slave revolts such as Gabriel's Rebellion, while unable to succeed in abolishing slavery, nevertheless demonstrated that most slaves were dissatisfied with their position and wanted freedom. Despite the negative results resulting from many slave revolts, they were a source of inspiration and demonstration of the slave population's desire to free themselves. Slavery is a long-standing problem that has occurred in our world for many years. The act of treating human beings as property to be bought, sold and put to work has been present in most if not all counties. The African slave trade that occurred specifically in America, starting in the 16th century, was called the transatlantic slave trade. African slaves, who were usually sold into slavery or kidnapped, were transported through the central passage. The intermediate step was the shipment of African slaves to be sold in the Americas. The conditions on this trip were generally terrifying. The slaves were grouped together creating very unhealthy conditions. As a result, of all those transported to the Americas during the transatlantic slave trade, at least 10-15% died during this middle passage. Slaves were transported to the Americas because they were a cheap way to help produce certain crops such as tobacco and cotton. African American slaves would remain enslaved until 1865, but until then, most of these slaves were subject to harsh treatment by their owners... mid-paper... the execution of approximately sixty whites. Turner believed this would awaken whites to their brutal treatment of slaves. Instead of getting information from the white man, they executed Nat Turner and some of his companions. They also executed approximately fifty-six suspects and murdered approximately two hundred other blacks who had no involvement in the event. While this rebellion demonstrated that some enslaved and free African Americans were willing to fight for their rights, in this particular rebellion the consequences were far greater than the gain. There was a lot of backlash from Southern whites regarding the slave revolts. In addition to the outrage and murder of blacks like that which occurred after Nat Turner's Rebellion, many white slave owners were outraged and would blame some Northerners. For example, their anti-slavery newspaper