 Nat Turner (October 2, 1800 – November 11, 1831) was an enslaved African-American preacher who led the four-day rebellion of enslaved and free black people in Southampton County, Virginia in 1831.Born into slavery on October 2, 1800, in Southampton County, Virginia, an area with more blacks than whites, Turner was recorded as "Nat" by Benjamin Turner, the man enslaving this family.When Benjamin Turner died in 1810, Nat was inherited as property by Benjamin's son Samuel Turner.