NAT See also:

• TURNER, CHARLES (1773–1857)
• TURNER, JOSEPH MALLORD WILLIAM (1775–1851)
• NAT TURNER (1800-1831)
• TURNER, SHARON (1768-1847)
• TURNER, SIR JAMES (1615–1686)
• TURNER, WILLIAM (d. 1568)

TURNER (1800-1831)  , the See also:

• NEGRO (from Lat. eager, black)

negro See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader of a slave insurrection in See also:

• VIRGINIA
• VIRGINIA, or VERGINIA
• VIRGINIA, UNIVERSITY OF

Virginia, known as the " See also:

• SOUTHAMPTON
• SOUTHAMPTON, EARL OF
• SOUTHAMPTON, HENRY WRIOTHESLEY, 3RD EARL OF (1J73—1624)

Southampton Insurrection," was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in Southampton See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, Virginia, in 'Soo . From his childhood he claimed to see visions and hear voices, and he became a Baptist preacher of See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence among the negroes . In 1828 he confided to a few companions that a See also:

• VOICE (Fr. voix, from Lat. vox)

voice from See also:

• HEAVEN (0. Eng. hefen, heofon, heofone; this word appears in O.S. hevan; the High. Ger. word appears in Ger. Himmel, Dutch hemel; there does not seem to be any connexion between the two words, and the ultimate derivation of the word is unknown; the sugges

heaven had announced that " the last shall be first," which was interpreted to mean that the slaves should See also:

• CONTROL (Fr. contrdle, older form contre rolle, from Med. Lat. contra-rotulus, a counter roll or copy of a document used to check the original; there is no instance in English of the use of " control " in this, its literal, meaning)

control . An insurrection was planned, and a See also:

• SOLAR, SOLLER (Lat. solarium, Fr.• galetas, Ital. solaio)

solar See also:

• ECLIPSE (Gr. €uheo,tis, falling out of place, failing)

eclipse in See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1831 and See also:

• PECULIAR

peculiar atmospheric conditions on the 13th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August were accepted as the See also:

• SIGNAL

signal for beginning the See also:

• WORK

work . On the See also:

• NIGHT

night of the 21st of August 1831, with seven companions, he entered the See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home of his See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master, See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

Joseph Travis, and murdered the inmates . After securing guns, horses and liquor they visited other houses, sparing no one . Recruits were added, in some cases by compulsion, until the See also:

• BAND

band numbered about sixty . About See also:

• NOON

noon on the 22nd they were scattered by a small force of whites, hastily gathered . Troops, See also:

• MARINES (from Lat. mare, sea)

marines and See also:

• MILITIA (Fr. milice, Ger. Miliz, from Lat. miles, soldier, militia, military service)

militia were hurried to the See also:

• SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene, and the negroes were hunted down . In all thirteen men, eighteen See also:

• WOMEN

women, and twenty-four See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children had been butchered . After hiding for several See also:

• WEEKS, EDWIN LORD (1849-1903)

weeks Nat was captured on the 3oth of See also:

• OCTOBER

October and was tried and hanged, having made,. meanwhile, a full See also:

• CONFESSION (Lat. confessio, from confiteor, acknowledge, confess)

confession . Nineteen of his associates were hanged and twelve were sent out of the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state .

The insurrection, which was attributed to the teachings of the abolitionists, led to the enactment of stricter slave codes . See S . B . Weeks, " Slave Insurrections in Virginia," in See also:

• MAGAZINE

Magazine of See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• HISTORY

History, vol. xxxi . (New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York, 1891), and W . S . Drewry, The Southampton Insurrection (See also:

• WASHINGTON
• WASHINGTON (or WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE)
• WASHINGTON, BOOKER TALIAFERRO (c. 1859– )
• WASHINGTON, BUSHROD (1762-1829)
• WASHINGTON, GEORGE (1732-1799)

Washington, 1900) .