Turner, Nat

Cultural  

1. A black slave of the early nineteenth century, who led the only effective and sustained slave revolt in American history. He and his supporters killed several dozen white people in Virginia before he was captured; he was hanged in 1831. Although Turner's rebellion led to a severe reaction among the slaveholders, it demonstrated that not all slaves were willing to accept their condition passively.

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Example Sentences

You noted after the screening that a lot of people who thought they were doing good during slavery were doing bad -- particularly Samuel Turner, Nat's owner -- and that this has echoes today.

From Los Angeles Times