Nat Turner (Noun)
Meaning
United States slave and insurrectionist who in 1831 led a rebellion of slaves in Virginia; he was captured and executed (1800-1831).
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- Nat Turner led a pivotal but ultimately unsuccessful slave uprising in Southampton County, Virginia.
- Historians have long debated the motivations and implications of Nat Turner's rebellion against slavery.
- Nat Turner was a slave preacher who became increasingly radicalized by the injustices of slavery.
- The movie 'The Birth of a Nation' tells a dramatized and somewhat fictionalized version of Nat Turner's life and uprising.
- Nat Turner was hanged for his role in organizing and leading a massive slave rebellion.