“The Grim Work of Death” by Christopher Myers. Collection of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture. Copyright Christopher ...
At a time when it is under scrutiny from the White House, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture is without its director, who stepped down last month. By Graham ...
Nat Turner, the most famous slave rebel in American history, has always been a mysterious, troubling and important figure. In both history and in popular memory, few names in the long American ...
In August 1831, a slave, Methodist preacher, and prophet named Nat Turner led the only successful slave revolt in American history, one that left 55 white men, women, and children dead in a two-day ...
Wednesday marks the 170th anniversary of Nat Turner's rebellion of slaves against their masters in remote Southampton County on the North Carolina border. Within 24 hours, Turner and six insurgents ...
A view of Cabin Pond in Southampton County, Va., where Nat Turner plotted rebellion in the summer of 1831. (Andrew Lichtenstein / Corbis via Getty Images) Nat Turner, the most famous slave rebel in ...
Nat Turner was born on October 2, 1800, in Southampton County, Virginia, the week before Gabriel was hanged. While still a young child, Nat was overheard describing events that had happened before he ...