Nat Turner (1800–1831)

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• African American history in general in the U.S. before the Civil War

200th Birthday of Nat Turner

By H.K. Khalifah, 23 September 1999. While this estimation of the significance of Nat Turner is an advertisement for a tour and book, it is nevertheless useful.

Insurgent Slave Still a Divisive, Intriguing Figure

By Eugene Scheel, The Washington Post, Sunday 19 August 2001. The facts of Nat Turner's life and the film based on William Styron' The Confessions of Nat Turner.

Nat Turner

The Internet African American History Challenge, [12 February 2003]. A brief sketch of Turner’s life that originated on an African American History educational web page.