Nat Turner

Nathaniel "Nat" Turner (October 2, 1800 – November 11, 1831) is an American slave who leads a slave rebellion in Virginia on August 21, 1831 that results in 60 white deaths and at least 100 black deaths.

He gathers supporters in Southampton County, Virginia.

Turner is convicted, sentenced to death, and hanged.

In the aftermath, the state executes 56 blacks accused of being part of Turner's slave rebellion.

Two hundred blacks are also beaten and killed by white militias and mobs reacting with violence.

Across Virginia and other southern states, state legislators pass new laws prohibiting education of slaves and free blacks, restricting rights of assembly and other civil rights for free blacks, and requiring white ministers to be present at black worship services.