From 1791-1804, Haiti battled its autonomy war (Haitian Revolution). This was no common insurgency, be that as it may; it was an enormous slave insubordination. To individuals in the United States, especially the American South, the Haitian Revolution was their most noticeably bad dream spring up. To exacerbate the situation, a slave named Gabriel Prosser endeavored to begin his own slave resistance in 1800.

Another gigantic revolt was begun close New Orleans in 1811 by Charles Deslondes. The more noteworthy the dread of American slave proprietors wound up finishing the possibility of a slave uprising, the harder they battled to shield the foundation of subjugation.
It was into this world that Nat Turner was conceived in 1800. A Virginia slave, Turner would wind up driving one of the biggest slave uprisings in American history. His revolt neglected to topple the fiendishness of subjection yet at the same time figured out how to shape the century and drove the nation closer towards common war.
The Second Great Awakening
To comprehend Nat Turner's Rebellion, we have to comprehend somewhat more about the world he lived in. In the mid-nineteenth century, Americans began turning increasingly towards religion to comprehend their lives. This started an enormous religious recovery known as the Second Great Awakening. Portrayed by singular articulations of confidence and an attention on an individual part in the Church, this evangelist development incredibly affected the lives of a large number of Americans.

Nat Turner was one such person. He was a Virginian slave, purchased and sold a few times, and he began to energetically take an interest in the religious enthusiasm of the period. He formed himself into something of an unordained evangelist, spreading the gospel among his kindred slaves. He turned out to be quite all around regarded for it, as well and developed as an otherworldly pioneer.
Turner, in the same way as other Americans at the time, felt he had an exceptional part to play in this world. He trusted that God had picked him for a reason, and in the 1820s he had a progression of dreams that affirmed his conviction. Turner deciphered these dreams to imply that God had picked him to begin a slave defiance and execute all the slave-proprietors.
The Rebellion
Nat Turner told his six most confided in companions of his vision, and they chose to murder all white individuals associated in any capacity with subjugation: including men, ladies, and youngsters. At that point, they sat tight for an awesome sign to begin their uprising. On August 31 of 1831, the sun seemed somewhat blue-green because of a barometrical inconsistency. Turner and his men had their sign.

They began alone manor, murdering the whole family while they dozed. From that point, they moved onto 11 adjacent estates in 24 hours, assembling more supporters as they went. Altogether, Turner roused in the vicinity of 40 and 60 slaves to wage war and tail him. Fifty-five individuals were executed by the crowd.

News of the insubordination spread rapidly, and the senator gathered a civilian army to battle Turner. The white residents were so frightened at the stories of the defiance that they rushed to join this local army. Turner and his men abandoned the rustic estates and began walking towards the town of Jerusalem, with the aim of touching it and murdering all who lived there. In any case, they found the street hindered by the enormous and vigorously furnished civilian army. The slaves terrified and scattered. A significant number of the agitators were chased down and killed, however, Nat Turner evaded catch for two months previously being caught.
Repercussions and Impact
Nat Turner was attempted and executed by the province of Virginia, as were 55 different slaves who had taken an interest or thought about the resistance. White crowds over the state began blaming different slaves for being schemers, and the loss of life kept on ascending as blacks were killed without preliminary. The senator endeavored to stop this vigilantism, contending that the law must stay preeminent to singular activities.