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Nat Turner

Nathaniel "Nat" Turner was an American slave who led a slave rebellion in Virginia on August 21, 1831 that resulted in 60 white deaths and at least 100 black deaths, the largest number of fatalities to occur in one uprising prior to the American Civil War in the southern United States. He gathered supporters in Southampton County, Virginia...

Timeline of Events

1831

8.13.1831

Nat Turner sees a solar eclipse, which he believes is a sign from God. Eight days later he and 70 other slaves kill approximately 55 whites in Southampton County, Virginia.

8.21.1831

Nat Turner leads black slaves and free blacks in a rebellion.

10.30.1831

In Southampton County, Virginia, escaped slave Nat Turner is captured and arrested for leading the bloodiest slave rebellion in United States history.

11.5.1831

Nat Turner, American slave leader, is tried, convicted, and sentenced to death in Virginia.

11.11.1831

In city-state Jerusalem, Nat Turner is hanged after inciting a violent slave uprising.