The Life Of Nat Turner By loughary.5022 Oct 2, 1800 Birth Period: Oct 2, 1800 to Nov 11, 1831 Life Of Nat Turner Feb 2, 1820 Married Slave Named "Nancy" Mar 24, 1821 Ran From Former Owners Brother (Samuel Turner) Apr 26, 1825 Had Vision of Conflict Between Black/ White Spirits Aug 21, 1831 Started Slave Violent Insurrection Oct 27, 1831 ended the emancipation movement in that region which led to harsher laws against slaves Nov 11, 1831 Hung For Creating Violent Rebellion Mar 28, 1898 His Rebellious Acts Led to The Civil War May 26, 1961 Became an important icon to the 1960s black power movement Feb 17, 1967 subject of William Styron's 1967 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "Confessions of Nat Turner"