 Nat
Turner's Rebellion (aka The Southampton Slave
Revolt) Early in the
morning of August 21, 1831, a band of eight Black
slaves, led by a lay preacher named Nat Turner,
entered the house of James Travis in Southampton
County, Virginia, and killed five members of the
Travis family. Over a thirty-six hour period,
this band of slaves grew to sixty or seventy in
number and killed fifty-eight White persons
before the local community could act to stop
them. |
American History.--United States: Local History and Description.--The South. South Atlantic States.
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