NOUN
- United States slave and insurrectionist who in 1831 led a rebellion of slaves in Virginia; he was captured and executed (1800-1831)
How To Use Nat Turner In A Sentence
- As a boy, he heard of Nat Turner's rebellion and as a young man saw his unacknowledged father and brothers go away to fight in gray.
- 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 day Nat Turner recalled the vaster schemes of Gabriel. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 59, September, 1862
- A second edition appeared in 1881 and many reprints followed in this century, especially during the 1960s after the publication of William Styron's controversial novel The Confessions of Nat Turner.
- Nat Turner's rebellion radicalized opponents of slavery and provided a preview of the impending sectional crisis.