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    Nat Turner

    Who was Nat Turner?

     

    What were Nat's beliefs?

     

    Who was Nat's family?

    His Parents

    His Wife

    His Child

     

    Who were Nat's owners?

    Benjamin Turner

    Samuel Turner

    Thomas Moore

    Putnam Moore

     

    What was Nat Turner's role in the rebellion?

     

    What happened to Nat Turner?

     

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    Nat is between 30 & 35 years old, 5 feet 6 or 8 inches high, weighs between 150 and 160 lbs, rather bright complexion, but not a mulatto--broad shouldered--large flat nose--large eyes—broad flat feet--rather knock-kneed--walks brisk and active--hair on the top of the head very thin-no beard except on the upper lip, and the tip of the chin--a scar on one of his temples--also one on the back of his neck--a large knob on one of the bones of his right arm near the wrist produced by a blow.

     

    - Proclamation by Governor John Floyd, 17 September 1831.

     

     

    Henry Irving Tragle, The Southampton Revolt of 1831: A Compilation of Source Material (Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Press, 1971), 423.