 The massacre of blacks after the rebellion was typical of the pattern of white fears and overreaction to blacks fighting for their freedom; many innocent blacks were killed in revenge.African Americans have generally regarded Turner as a hero of resistance, who made slaveowners pay for the hardships they had caused so many Africans and African Americans.James H. Harris, who has written extensively about the history of the black church, says that the revolt "marked the turning point in the black struggle for liberation."