Nat Turner was born on October 2, 1800, in Southampton County, Virginia, the week before Gabriel was hanged. While still a young child, Nat was overheard describing events that had happened before ...

I was thirty-one years of age the second of October last, and born the property of Benjamin Turner, of this county. In my childhood a circumstance occurred which made an indelible impression on my ...

Bruce Lawrence Turner, great-great-great grandson of Nat Turner, recently spoke at the Courtland branch of the Blackwater ...

click image for close-up This drawing shows Nat Turner preaching in the forest. In his "Confession," Turner said, "Knowing the influence I had obtained over the minds of my fellow-servants..

click image for close-up This image portrays the discovery of Nat Turner. After state and federal troops dispersed Turner's forces, he escaped and hid in several different places near the farm ...

Your Artstor image groups were copied to Workspace. The Artstor website will be retired on Aug 1st. The Journal of Negro History Vol. 5, No. 2, Apr., 1920 The Aftermath of Nat Turner's Insurrecti ...

click image for close-up Click here for the text of this historical document. After his capture and arrest on October 30, 1831, Nat Turner was imprisoned in the Southampton County Jail, where he ...