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Bookmark or Share- Nat Turner’s Rebellion | National Museum of African American History ...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. Turner avoided capture for nearly two months before he was caught.
- Nat Turner - Rebellion, Death & Facts - BiographyNat 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, Turner...
- Nat Turner | Biography, Rebellion, & Facts | BritannicaNat Turner, Black American slave 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 slaves and stiffened proslavery convictions that persisted in the South until the Civil War.
- Nat Turner | American Battlefield TrustNew York Public Library. Title Preacher. Affiliation American. Date of Birth - Death October 2, 1800 - November 11, 1831. Nat Turner was born on October 2, 1800, in Southampton County, Virginia, as a slave of Benjamin Turner. His mother was an enslaved woman named Nancy, but his father is unknown.
- Nat Turner - Rebellion, Death & Facts | HISTORYNathanial “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...
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