1831 in the United States

1831 in the United States
Decades:	1810s 1820s – 1830s – 1840s 1850s
Years:	1828 1829 1830 – 1831 – 1832 1833 1834
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Events from the year 1831 in the United States.

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January 1 – William Lloyd Garrison begins publishing The Liberator, an antislavery newspaper, in Boston, Massachusetts.
March 18 – Cherokee Nation v. Georgia: The Cherokee nation asked for an injunction, claiming that Georgia's state legislature had created laws which, "go directly to annihilate the Cherokees as a political society". The injunction was denied.

August 7 – American Baptist minister William Miller preaches his first sermon on the Second Advent of Christ in Dresden, New York, launching the Advent Movement in the United States.
August 21 – Outbreak of Nat Turner's slave rebellion in Southampton County, Virginia. Approximately 55 whites are stabbed, shot and clubbed to death.

October 30 – In Southampton County, Virginia, escaped slave Nat Turner is captured and arrested for leading the bloodiest slave revolt in United States history.
November 11 – In Jerusalem, Virginia, Nat Turner is hanged after inciting a violent slave uprising.
December 31 – Gramercy Park is deeded to New York City.