A slave Nat Turner who was the head of the mob that killed over 60 white men, women, and children. Nat Turner is now being hung right in front of white onlookers. Nat Turner told us today “That it was an act of God telling him to lead an uprising.” On August 22, 1831 Nat Turner and a group of black men incited an uprising that spread through many plantations in Southampton County, Virginia. The deployment of militia infantry and artillery informed us on August 23, 1831 that they had suppressed the rebellion on the second day of terror. Once captured the rebellion members were executed. Nat Turner miraculously got away from the militia. It is said that Nat Turner was betrayed by two slaves who had stumbled on his hiding place. Benjamin Phipps
