10 Things You May Not Know About Nat Turner’s Rebellion

1. Turner was an educated minister.
2. He once ran away from his master—and returned a month later.
3. Turner claimed to have been divinely chosen to lead the rebellion.
4. An eruption of Mount St. Helens may have triggered the launch of the rebellion.
5. The rebellion may have killed as many as 60 men, women and children.
6. After eluding the militia for two months, Turner was captured by a farmer.
7. More than 50 were executed in the rebellion’s aftermath.
8. The divinely inspired Turner met his end in a town named Jerusalem.
9. Turner may have been skinned after his execution.
10. In the wake of the rebellion, states passed laws making it illegal to teach African-Americans how to read or write.
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