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THE NAT TURNER PROJECT

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    The Rebels

     

    Nat Turner

     

    Hark Moore

     

    Henry Porter

     

    Nelson Edwards

     

    Sam Francis

     

    Will Francis

     

    Jack Reese

    "In the woods on the plantation of Joseph Travis, upon the Sunday just named [August 21, 1831], six slaves met at noon for what is called in the Northern States a picnic and in the Southern a barbecue. The bill of fare was to be simple: one brought a pig, and another some brandy, giving to the meeting an aspect so cheaply convivial that no one would have imagined it to be the final consummation of a conspiracy which had been for six months in preparation. In this plot four of the men had been already initiated, -- Henry, Hark or Hercules, Nelson, and Sam. Two others were novices, Will and Jack by name. The party had remained together from twelve to three o'clock, when a seventh man joined them, -- a short, stout, powerfully built person, of dark mulatto complexion and strongly-marked African features, but with a face full of expression and resolution. This was Nat Turner."

     

                          - Thomas Wentworth Higginson

                             Atlantic Monthly, August 1861

    Follow the Path of the Rebels

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    Nat Turner preaching his religious beliefs to his fellow rebels.