Nat Turner ‑ Rebellion, Death & Facts - HISTORY
Dec 2, 2009 · Nathanial “Nat” Turner (1800-1831) was an enslaved man who led a rebellion of enslaved people on August 21, 1831. His action set off a massacre of up to 200 Black people and a new wave of...
Nat Turner's Rebellion - Wikipedia
Nat Turner's Rebellion, historically known as the Southampton Insurrection, was a slave rebellion that took place in Southampton County, Virginia, in August 1831.
Nat Turner | Biography, Rebellion, & Facts | Britannica
Nov 8, 2024 · Nat Turner was an enslaved Black American who led the only effective, sustained slave rebellion (August 1831) in U.S. history. His action set off a new wave of oppressive legislation prohibiting the education, movement, and assembly of enslaved people and stiffened proslavery convictions that persisted in the South until the Civil War.
Nat Turner’s Rebellion | National Museum of African American …
On August 21, 1831, at 2:00 a.m., Turner and his followers started at his master’s house and killed the entire family. They marched throughout Southampton County in Virginia, killing at least 55 people until white authorities crushed the revolt.
Nat Turner - Wikipedia
Nat Turner (October 2, 1800 – November 11, 1831) was an enslaved Black carpenter and preacher who led a four-day rebellion of both enslaved and free Black people in Southampton County, Virginia in August 1831.
Nat Turner’s Rebellion, 1831 | Gilder Lehrman Institute of …
In the early hours of August 22, 1831, a slave named Nat Turner led more than fifty followers in a bloody revolt in Southampton, Virginia, killing nearly 60 white people, mostly women and children.
Nat Turner's Revolt (1831) - Encyclopedia Virginia
Aug 7, 2024 · On the evening of August 21–22, 1831, an enslaved preacher and self-styled prophet named Nat Turner launched the most deadly slave revolt in the history of the United States.
Nat Turner - Rebellion, Death & Facts - Biography
Apr 2, 2014 · Nat Turner was an enslaved person who became a preacher and made history as the leader of one of the bloodiest enslaved revolts in America on August 21, 1831. Following …
Nat Turner - American Battlefield Trust
Nat Turner’s rebellion was “the great Virginia nightmare: a midnight massacre of men, women, and children in their beds and cribs.” Fear was struck into the hearts of slave owners across the South, leading to harsher slave codes and ending already weak plans for gradual emancipation.
How Nat Turner Explained the Slave Rebellion He Led
Aug 22, 2016 · In November of 1831, shortly before to his execution, Turner gave a jailhouse confession, to attorney Thomas Gray, to answer the question. The story began, Turner said, in his childhood, when he...