Nat Turner, the most famous slave rebel in American history, has always been a mysterious, troubling and important figure. In both history and in popular memory, few names in the long American ...

At a time when it is under scrutiny from the White House, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture is without its director, who stepped down last month. By Graham ...

Juneteenth, the holiday that's been referred to as America's second Independence Day, commemorates when the last group of enslaved people in Texas learned they were officially free. Decades before the ...

“The Grim Work of Death” by Christopher Myers. Collection of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture. Copyright Christopher ...

In August 1831, a slave, Methodist preacher, and prophet named Nat Turner led the only successful slave revolt in American history, one that left 55 white men, women, and children dead in a two-day ...

Name, face, body / Kenneth S. Greenberg -- The construction of The confessions of Nat Turner / David F. Almendinger, Jr. -- The event / Herbert Aptheker -- Covenant in Jerusalem / Thomas C. Parramore ...

“Birth of a Nation,” the story of Nat Turner’s 1831 slave revolt, opened in theaters Friday. But films like “Birth of a Nation” don’t just open: They explode into the collective cultural consciousness ...

This iconic image depicts the capture of the rebel slave Nat Turner on Oct. 30, 1831, in Jerusalem, Va. However, before his capture Turner led the slave revolt that killed at least 55 White men, women ...

A view of Cabin Pond in Southampton County, Va., where Nat Turner plotted rebellion in the summer of 1831. (Andrew Lichtenstein / Corbis via Getty Images) Nat Turner, the most famous slave rebel in ...

SOUTHAMPTION COUNTY, VIRGINIA (WTKR) — Juneteenth, the holiday that’s been referred to as America’s second Independence Day, commemorates when the last group of enslaved people in Texas learned they ...

Nat Turner was born on October 2, 1800, in Southampton County, Virginia, the week before Gabriel was hanged. While still a young child, Nat was overheard describing events that had happened before he ...