Nat Turner's slave rebellion begins in Southampton County, Virginia on the night of August 21, 1831, in Southampton County, Virginia. Nat Turner was a black Baptist preacher who believed he was divinely chosen to lead his people to freedom.
The rebellion targeted white slaveholding families and resulted in the deaths of about 55 white people. The uprising was eventually suppressed by armed white men,. Many enslaved people were killed or arrested afterwards and Virginia went on to enact stricter laws to control the enslaved population.
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