Nathaniel '' Nat '' Turner -LRB- October 2, 1800 â '' November 11, 1831 -RRB- was an American slave who led a slave rebellion in Virginia on August 21, 1831 that resulted in 56 white deaths and over 55 black deaths, the largest number of fatalities to occur in one uprising prior to the American Civil War in the southern United States.
Nathaniel '' Nat '' Turner -LRB- October 2, 1800 â '' November 11, 1831 -RRB- was a slave in the United States. He led a slave rebellion in Southampton County, Virginia on August 21, 1831.