nat turner

     

In 1831 he led a famous slave revolt in Virginia

Trivia about nat turner

  • In 1831 this Messianic preacher led a slave revolt that cut a bloody swath across Virginia
  • We must confess, William Styron's "The Confessions of" this man shows up
  • William Styron called "The Confessions of" this slave revolt leader "a meditation on history"
  • For leading a slave rebellion in August of 1831, he was tried, convicted & hanged that November
  • Virginia-born Wm. Styron won for his book, "The Confessions of" this actual leader of a slave revolt
  • Born in 1800, he believed God had chosen him to lead his fellow black slaves to freedom
  • William Styron won a 1968 Pulitzer Prize for his "Confessions of" this slave revolt leader
  • More than 50 white people were slain during the slave rebellion led by this messianic leader hanged in 1831
  • To his fellow slaves, this 19th century insurrectionist was known as "The Prophet"