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After his execution, Turner's body was dissected and flayed, with his skin being used to make souvenir purses. [ 32 ] [ 33 ] In October 1897, Virginia newspapers ran a story about Nat Turner's skeleton being used as a medical specimen by Dr. H. U. Stephenson of Toana, Virginia . [ 34 ]
Nat Turner's Rebellion, historically known as the Southampton Insurrection, was a slave rebellion that took place in Southampton County, Virginia, in August 1831. Led by Nat Turner , the rebels, made up of enslaved African Americans , killed between 55 and 65 White people , making it the deadliest slave revolt for the latter racial group in U.S ...
Along the way, Turner was taken by a mob and lynched near the Okapilco Creek in Brooks County, about 3 1/2 miles from town. His body was left hanging from the tree over the weekend and not cut down until Monday. [10] Another black man was lynched that day near the Old Camp Ground; he may have been Eugene Rice.
The discovery of a black man found hanged from a tree in Mississippi quickly made national headlines and brought back some unpleasant memories of American's violent, racially charged past. "Otis ...
The director and stars of 'Birth of a Nation' talk about the film and what they learned from the experience.
When Kailin Turner's husband was deployed in the Navy, her weight hit its peak. She decided it was time to change her life and transform her body to surprise her love when he returned, according ...
Thomas Gray's pamphlet, the Confessions of Nat Turner, was the first document claiming to present Nat Turner's words regarding the rebellion and his life. Although the pamphlet is a primary source, some historians and literary scholars have found bias in Gray's writing indicating that Gray may not have portrayed Turner's voice as accurately as ...
The Confessions of Nat Turner, a 1967 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by William Styron; A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion, a 1982 television film about Denmark Vesey and his attempted slave rebellion; List of films featuring slavery; Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property, a 2003 documentary film by Charles Burnett