Free Translator Free Translator
Translators Dictionaries Courses Other
Home
English Dictionary      examples: 'day', 'get rid of', 'New York Bay'




Nat Turner   /næt tˈərnər/   Listen
Nat Turner

noun
1.
United States slave and insurrectionist who in 1831 led a rebellion of slaves in Virginia; he was captured and executed (1800-1831).  Synonym: Turner.






WordNet 3.0 © 2010 Princeton University








Advanced search
     Find words:
Starting with
Ending with
Containing
Matching a pattern  

Synonyms
Antonyms
Quotes
Words linked to  

only single words



Share |





"Nat Turner" Quotes from Famous Books



... ex-slaves in your community living in Virginia at the time of the Nat Turner rebellion? Do they ...
— Slave Narratives, Administrative Files (A Folk History of - Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves) • Works Projects Administration

... the Liberator came the Nat Turner insurrection in Southampton County, Virginia (August, 1831). This gave to the South a fresh ground to complain of the North. Turner's insurrection was held to be the legitimate fruit of abolition agitation. ...
— Slavery and Four Years of War, Vol. 1-2 • Joseph Warren Keifer



Words linked to "Nat Turner" :   turner, rebel, insurrectionist, freedom fighter, insurgent, slave



Copyright © 2024 Free-Translator.com