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He learned to read at an early age. As a young man, Turner was considered intelligent, disciplined, and extremely pious. According to historcial sources, Nat believed he was a Christian prophet destined to fulfill a holy purpose.
On May 12, 1828, “the Spirit instantly appeared to me.” When asked by Gray what Turner meant by the Spirit, Turner responded “The Spirit that spoke to the prophets in former days.” Turner saw...
Nat Turner (October 2, 1800 – November 11, 1831) was an enslaved African-American 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 destroyed the white Southern myth that slaves were actually happy with their lives or too docile to undertake a violent rebellion. His revolt hardened proslavery attitudes among Southern whites and led to new oppressive legislation prohibiting the education, movement, and assembly of slaves.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
- In Virginia in August 1831, Nat Turner led the only effective and sustained slave revolt in U.S. history, during which some 60 white persons were s...
- A deeply religious person, Nat Turner believed that he had been called by God to lead African Americans out of slavery.
- After his revolt was violently suppressed by local whites and the Virginia state militia, Nat Turner went into hiding but was eventually captured,...
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 the insurrection,...
In the early morning of Aug. 22, 1831, a band of slaves launched a bloody insurrection in the tidal backwater of Southampton, Va. Their leader was Nat Turner, a slave and self-proclaimed...
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...
