In Nat Turner’s case, historical records list his name, ... others believe it should stay and a new marker be placed alongside to tell the story of the signpost and what happened there.

Nat Turner, the most famous slave rebel in American history, has always been a mysterious, troubling and important figure. In both history and in popular memory, few names in the long American ...

Historic markers of a rebellion: Franklin celebrates Juneteenth with a history lesson Narrators will present Turner in the light of a freedom fighter, from the enslaved point of view.

Rick Francis with another piece of history: Nat Turner's sword. The sword is kept by the Historical Society. As Clerk of the Court, he can reach out and touch the actual documents that condemned ...

Anthony E. Kaye and Gregory P. Downs’s “Nat Turner, Black Prophet: A Visionary History” revisits this resonant historical moment to study the influence of Wesleyan Methodism on 18th- and ...

Nat Turner was born on October 2, 1800, in Southampton County, Virginia, the week before Gabriel was hanged. While still a young child, Nat was overheard describing events that had happened before ...

A view of Cabin Pond in Southampton County, Va., where Nat Turner plotted rebellion in the summer of 1831. (Andrew Lichtenstein / Corbis via Getty Images ...

Black people accused of participating in Nat Turner’s Rebellion were executed, and more than 200 others who were not involved in the revolt were beaten and killed by angry mobs or white militias.

An extraordinary historical collaboration sees Nat Turner’s slave rebellion in a prophetic light A view of Cabin Pond in Southampton County, Va., where Nat Turner plotted rebellion in the summer ...