Nat Turner: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

F. Roy Johnson, The Nat Turner Slave Insurrection (1966); Stephen B. Oates, The Fires of Jubilee: Nat Turner’s Fierce Rebellion (1975, reissued 1990).

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: Famous Trials - The Nat Turner (Slave Revolt) Trials: An Account. May 20, 2026
Add new Web site: Princeton University Press - Getting to Know Nat Turner. Jan 31, 2026
Anniversary information added. Nov 07, 2025
Add new Web site: National Geographic - Nat Turner’s Slave Uprising Left Complex Legacy. Nov 03, 2025
Anniversary information added. Sep 28, 2025
Corrected factual errors and dated language. Aug 19, 2025
Add new Web site: Famous Trials - The Nat Turner (Slave Revolt) Trials: An Account. Aug 07, 2025
Questions and answers added. Feb 13, 2025
Add new Web site: Texas Woman's University - Nat Turner and His Rebellion (PDF). Jan 13, 2025
Added cross-reference to The Confessions of Nat Turner and a photograph of Nat Turner's Bible. Sep 27, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Apr 12, 2024
Add new Web site: Encyclopedia Virginia - Nat Turner's Revolt. Jul 04, 2022
Add new Web site: American Battlefield Trust - Nat Turner. Jul 04, 2022
Changed “black” to “Black” throughout article. Sep 17, 2020
Add new Web site: Education at Library of Virginia - Biography of Nat Turner. May 07, 2019
Add new Web site: Facts about Famous People - Nat Turner Facts and Biography. May 07, 2019
Add new Web site: Famous Africans Americans - Biography of Nat Turner. Jun 28, 2016
Add new Web site: BlackPast.org - Biography of Nat Turner. May 19, 2014
Add new Web site: Spartacus Educational - Biography of Nat Turner. Jul 19, 2013
In the introductory statement, changed "bondsman" to "slave." Aug 22, 2011
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - History - Biography of Nat Turner. Nov 07, 2008
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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