Category: Anti-slavery Revolt
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Nat Turner, the Leader of a Violent and Blood-Stained Uprising of Enslaved People in Southampton County, Virginia, was Hanged in Jerusalem, Virginia. November 11, 1831.
Image: Discovery of Nat Turner wood engraving by William Henry Shelton, 1881. (Public Domain) On this day in history, November 11, 1831, Nat Turner, the leader of a violent and blood-stained uprising of enslaved people in Southampton County, Virginia, was hanged in Jerusalem, Virginia, the county seat. Turner, an enslaved man, and educated minister, thought God…