Nat Turner was an enslaved African American preacher who led the most significant and consequential slave rebellion in American history in Southampton County, Virginia, in August 1831. Executed on November 11, 1831, his insurrection shattered the southern myth of the contented slave and accelerated the national struggle over slavery.
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Enslaved African American Preacher & Leader of the Historic 1831 Southampton Slave Rebellion
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Honor the extraordinary legacy of Nat Turner on November 11 with these curated quotes, philosophical reflections, and heartfelt tributes celebrating their monumental impact on Enslaved African American Preacher & Leader of the Historic 1831 Southampton Slave Rebellion.
“Was not Christ crucified? I am not afraid of death.”
“I had a vision of the Savior with his arms stretched out, showing that the great day of judgment was at hand.”
“No human being was ever born to be the property of another.”
“The spirit appeared to me and said: 'The time is arriving when the first should be last and the last should be first.”
“You may destroy this body, but you cannot extinguish the eternal fire of human liberty.”
“A system built on the buying and selling of human souls carries the seeds of its own righteous destruction.”
“Silence in the face of tyranny is consent to your own chains.”
“Let history remember that we did not accept bondage willingly; we fought for the freedom God gave every man.”
“The price of freedom has always been paid in blood and sacrifice.”
“Truth crushed to earth will rise again.”
Enslaved African American Preacher & Leader of the Historic 1831 Southampton Slave Rebellion
