NAT TURNER 1800 1831 SLAVE LEADER TURNER NAT 1800 1831 SLAVERY AFRICAN AMERICANS AMERICAN CULTURE NAT TURNER WAS BORN INTO SLAVERY ON A SMALL PLANTATION IN SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY VIRGINIA TURNER DEVELOPED STRONG RELIGIOUS BELIEFS AND BECAME A WELL RESPECTED MINISTER IN THE LOCAL SLAVE COMMUNITY HE ALSO BECAME CONVINCED THAT GOD HAD CALLED ON HIM TO OVERTHROW SLAVERY IN AUGUST 1831 TURNER LED SOME 75 SLAVES IN A PLAN TO KILL ALL OF THE PLANTER FAMILIES IN THE COUNTY DURING NAT TURNER'S REBELLION THE SLAVES KILLED ABOUT 60 WHITE PEOPLE IN THE AREA MORE THAN 100 SLAVES WERE KILLED IN AN ATTEMPT TO PUT DOWN THE REBELLION TURNER BRIEFLY ESCAPED BUT WAS CAPTURED PUT ON TRIAL AND HANGED TURNER'S REBELLION SCARED MANY SLAVEHOLDERS AND LED THEM TO STRENGTHEN THEIR SLAVE CODES TO INCREASE THEIR CONTROL OVER THEIR SLAVES
