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**Nathaniel Turner: AKA, Nat Turner by; Trista Kang**

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 * Born: October 2, 1800
 * Location: Southampton, Virginia
 * Occupation: Abolitionist, military, preacher (1814 - 1831)
 * Most Known For; Organizing the Nat Turner Rebellion on August 22, 1831
 * Race: Black
 * Nationality: United States
 * Death: November 11, 1831
 * Location: Jerusalem, Virginia by execution/hanged
 *  Contributions to America **

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 * 1828: He said, he heard god tell him "The last shall be first," meaning slaves need to take over control.
 * February 1831: During an eclipse he planned the Nat Turner Revolt
 * August 13, 1831: Turner saw a halo around the sun and put his plan into action.
 * August 21, 1831: Turner and seven other men killed his master, Joseph Travis and four members of the family.
 * August 23, 1831: Military and local white men captured or killed most of the blacks.
 * August 24, 1831: In Jerusalem, Virginia, approximately 40 innocent blacks were killed in retaliation.
 * ﻿ August 31, 1831: Most of the blacks that escaped were captured except for Nat Turner who escaped.
 * October 30, 1831 : Nat Turner was captured by a man named Benjamin Phipps in a cave in Southampton.
 * October 30, 1831: Nat admitted he only let about 5 or 6 people know of his vision and what was to be done. He now knows it was wrong, according to James Trezevant.

> ﻿  Fun Facts
 * <span style="background-color: #808000; color: #000080; font-family: Webdings,sans-serif;">November 5, 1831: He was tried and convicted of insurrection and hanged on November 11, 1831.
 * <span style="background-color: #ea9fea; color: #000080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Nat Turner's Rebellion failed and caused innocent blacks to die and stricter rules to be given to the slaves instead of freedom.


 * <span style="background-color: #0000ff; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Counseled slaves on self respect, to fight for justice and to fight to be free men.
 * <span style="background-color: #008080; color: #00ff00; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">As a child he saw visions.
 * <span style="background-color: #ff7a00; color: #0075ff; display: block; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; text-align: left;">One of the few slaves who was literate.
 * <span style="background-color: #550080; color: #ea9fea; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">He felt he was a coward and only did what he did out of fanaticism.
 * <span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; color: #550080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">He spared a couple of lives because they had no slaves. <span style="background-color: #550080; color: #ea9fea; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">

=** Bibliography **= <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> Asante, Molefi K. "Nathaniel Turner." Africa Within. 2000, Gale Group, Inc. Web. 06 Mar. 2011. <http://www.africa Within.com/bios/nat_turnerhtm>. Brown, R.J. "History Library -- Southhampton Slave Revolt." Historybuff.com. Newspaper Collector Society of Productions. Web. 06 Mar. 2011. <http://www.historybuff.com/library/refslave.html>. "Nat Turner." NNDB: Tracking the Entire World. 2011 Soylent Communications. Web. 06 Mar. 2011 <http://www.nndb.com/people/937/000110607/>.