In August of 1831 a 31-year-old African American preacher and slave, known as Nat Turner carried out a plan that left people of color as well as caucasian people dead. Nat Turner started the beginning stages of his plan by killing slave owner Jospeh Travis and his family. From there, Turner and 70 other slaves moved across Southhampton county, “gathering weapons, freeing every black, and killing every white man, woman, and child they encountered.” Just a day after the beginning of his rebellion Nat Turner and his men were caught and the uprising collapsed. Turner and his men were “rewarded” with the death of 59 whites, but the African American community suffered more after losing more than 100 people when the caucasian people decided to retaliate.
