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Definition of Nat Turner
1. Noun. United States slave and insurrectionist who in 1831 led a rebellion of slaves in Virginia; he was captured and executed (1800-1831).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nat Turner
Literary usage of Nat Turner
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of the People of the United States: From the Revolution to the by John Bach McMaster (1906)
"The leader of the insurrection was Nat Turner, a slave living in Southampton ...
A few found refuge in the Dismal Swamp, and for a while Nat Turner escaped ..."
2. History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880: Negroes as Slaves by George Washington Williams (1883)
"Each time has that name eclipsed its predecessor, while recalling it for a moment
to fresher memory ; John Brown revived the story of Nat. Turner, as in his ..."
3. History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850 by James Ford Rhodes (1892)
"In August of this year (1831) occurred the Nat Turner insurrection in Virginia,
... The leader, Nat Turner, a genuine African of exceptional capacity, ..."
4. A Short History of the American Negro by Benjamin Griffith Brawley (1919)
"Nat Turner.—The other important insurrection was that of Nat Turner, a religious
enthusiast and the * See ..."
5. A Dictionary of American Politics: Comprising Accounts of Political Parties by Everit Brown, Albert Strauss (1907)
"... denounced and disregarded by the colonies as unjust and tyrannical, and were
one of the causes of the Revolutionary War. by Nat Turner, who believed ..."
6. A School History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1890: Combined by Edward Austin Johnson (1891)
"Nathaniel Turner is well remembered by many of the older people of Southampton,
Virginia, as being die leader of the famous " Nat Turner Insurrection " of ..."
7. William Lloyd Garrison and His Times: Or, Sketches of the Anti-slavery by Oliver Johnson, John Greenleaf Whittier (1881)
"... Illustrated — Its Meanness and Cruelty—Doctors Gur- ley and Bacon — A Contrast —
The Nat Turner Insurrection — Discussion in Virginia — Why it Failed to ..."
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