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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.
The 1960s funk-soul band Nat Turner Rebellion was named after the slave revolt. [72] Chance The Rapper's song "How Great" refers to Turner's rebellion, along with the 1805 slave revolt at Chatham Manor, in the line, "Hosanna Santa invoked and woke up enslaved people from Southampton to Chatham Manor." [73]
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Turner and the other rebels were eventually stopped by state militias. [16] The rebellion resulted in the hanging of about 56 slaves, including Nat Turner himself. Up to 200 other blacks were killed during the hysteria that followed, few of whom likely had anything to do with the uprising. [17]
Nat Turner's slave rebellion: August 21–23, 1831 Southampton County, Virginia: Rebel slaves Led by Nat Turner, rebel slaves killed anywhere from 55 to 65 people. [13] The rebellion was put down within a few days. [14] Local blacks were massacred. Led to discriminatory legislation against both free blacks and slaves Dorr Rebellion: 1841–1842 ...
The Turner rebellion was only one of about 200 slave uprisings between 1776 and 1860, but it was one of the bloodiest, and thus struck fear in the hearts of many white southerners. Nat Turner and more than 70 enslaved and free blacks spontaneously launched a rebellion in Southampton County, Virginia, in August 1831. They moved from farm to farm ...
This was done in the Hoodoo church among the enslaved. Nat Turner had visions and omens which he interpreted came from spirit, and that spirit told him to start a rebellion to free enslaved people through armed resistance. Turner combined African spirituality with Christianity. [22] [23] African spirituality was syncretized with Christianity ...
Thomas Ruffin Gray (1800 – died after 1834) was an American attorney who represented several enslaved people during the trials in the wake of Nat Turner's Rebellion. Though he was not the attorney who represented Nat Turner, instead he interviewed him and wrote The Confessions of Nat Turner.