e plantation owners. The plan was to strike in the early morning catching the whites off guardand gather more slaves for his army as the went. Just after midnight they strode up onto theTravis plantation with the intention of killing every white man in their path, including women inchildren. Climbing through the window of Joseph and Sally Turner’s house all was quiet. Stillasleep in their beds, Nat took the first swing at Joseph’s head and missed but another slavenamed Will came and killed the family before they knew what was happening. The night wenton, sneaking up on other plantations and killing families before they knew what happened. Onceday broke the word had gotten out about the revolution and most homes they came upon werefound to be empty. By noon Nat’s revolutionaries had murdered 60 whites, ironically thoughtheir leader Nat had only killed one white person. Rumors spread quick throughoutSouthampton, stories of their army numbered over 500 strong when in actuality there were only around 60. The whites began forming armies of their own to destroy Nat’s revolution. Tocontinue the revolution Nat felt they needed to storm Jerusalem, a town next to Southampton,but on the way they encountered one of the whites militias and Nat lost most of his army that hehad formed. While trying to reach Blunts plantation their was miscommunication and Nat wasseparated from what was left of his army. In fear, Nat dug a hole underneath a fence post andhid. By August 28 all the revolutionaries that were still alive were locked up except for Nat. Forsix weeks Nat hid out in Southampton county only to come out at night for food. On October 30Nat was discovered and put in jail. After being found guilty, Nat and the 21 other blackspreviously caught were hung in 1832. After the rebellion much of the blame for the insurrectionwas directed toward the North for their liberal newspapers and abolitionists. Trying tounde...
