Nat Turner

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Nat Turner was an enslaved African American preacher who led a significant slave rebellion in Southampton County, Virginia, in 1831.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Nat Turner canonical 21
Nat Turner's Rebellion 1
Nathaniel Turner 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf enslaved person ⓘ
human ⓘ
preacher ⓘ
rebel leader ⓘ
associatedWith Southampton Insurrection of 1831 ⓘ
burialPlace location unknown ⓘ
causeOfDeath execution by hanging ⓘ
convictedOf conspiracy to rebel ⓘ
insurrection ⓘ
murder ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1800-10-02 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1831-11-11 ⓘ
endTimeOfActivity 1831-08-23 ⓘ
ethnicGroup African American ⓘ
linked to: Black Americans
familyName Turner ⓘ
fullName Nathaniel Turner ⓘ
linked to: Nat Turner
givenName Nat ⓘ
hasBiography The Confessions of Nat Turner ⓘ
historicalPeriod Antebellum South ⓘ
linked to: Antebellum period
impact intensified national debate over slavery in the United States ⓘ
led to harsher slave codes in the American South ⓘ
inspiredBy interpretations of the Bible ⓘ
religious visions ⓘ
knownFor leading a slave rebellion in Southampton County, Virginia, in 1831 ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
legacy symbol of Black resistance to slavery ⓘ
legalStatus enslaved ⓘ
mannerOfDeath capital punishment ⓘ
movement slave resistance in the United States ⓘ
notableWork Nat Turner’s Rebellion ⓘ
notedFor religious visions and prophetic claims ⓘ
numberOfPeopleKilledInRebellion approximately 55 to 60 white people ⓘ
occupation field hand ⓘ
preacher ⓘ
placeOfBirth Southampton County, Virginia ⓘ
placeOfDeath Jerusalem, Southampton County, Virginia ⓘ
placeOfRebellion Southampton County, Virginia ⓘ
positionHeld spiritual leader among enslaved people ⓘ
rebelledAgainst slaveholders in Southampton County, Virginia ⓘ
slavery in the United States ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
significantEvent Nat Turner’s slave rebellion of 1831 ⓘ
startTimeOfActivity 1831-08-21 ⓘ
subjectOf Birth of a Nation (2016 film) ⓘ
The Confessions of Nat Turner (1831 pamphlet by Thomas R. Gray) ⓘ
The Confessions of Nat Turner (1967 novel by William Styron) ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Turner → hasNotableBearer → Nat Turner ⓘ
Antebellum period → significantEvent → Nat Turner's Rebellion ⓘ
linked to: Nat Turner
Nat Turner Bible → hasOwner → Nat Turner ⓘ
Nat Turner Bible → associatedWith → Nat Turner ⓘ
Nat Turner → fullName → Nathaniel Turner ⓘ
linked to: Nat Turner
The Birth of a Nation (2016 film) → depicts → Nat Turner ⓘ
subject linked to: The Birth of a Nation
The Birth of a Nation (2016 film) → mainCharacter → Nat Turner ⓘ
subject linked to: The Birth of a Nation
The Birth of a Nation (2016 film) → historicalFigureDepicted → Nat Turner ⓘ
subject linked to: The Birth of a Nation
The Birth of a Nation (2016 film) → leadRole → Nat Turner ⓘ
subject linked to: The Birth of a Nation
Nat Turner’s Rebellion → leader → Nat Turner ⓘ
Nat Turner’s Confessions → hasNarrator → Nat Turner ⓘ
subject linked to: Nat Turner’s confessions
Nat Turner’s Confessions → about → Nat Turner ⓘ
subject linked to: Nat Turner’s confessions
Nat Turner's slave rebellion → participant → Nat Turner ⓘ
subject linked to: Nat
Confessions of Nat Turner (as subject) → mainSubject → Nat Turner ⓘ
subject linked to: Nat
The Birth of a Nation (2016 film) → mainSubject → Nat Turner ⓘ
subject linked to: Nat
The Confessions of Nat Turner (1967 novel) → mainSubject → Nat Turner ⓘ
subject linked to: Nat
Kyle Baker → notableWork → Nat Turner ⓘ