{"id":59865,"date":"2016-10-20T17:05:35","date_gmt":"2016-10-20T21:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/?post_type=lecture&#038;p=59865"},"modified":"2024-04-30T14:07:03","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T18:07:03","slug":"nat-turner","status":"publish","type":"lecture","link":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/lecture\/nat-turner\/","title":{"rendered":"Nat Turner"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"wp-block-umw-hero alignfull umw-custom-block umw-hero umw-hero--dark-text umw-hero--white umw-hero--with-no-media\"><div class=\"umw-hero__inner\"><div class=\"umw-hero__media\"><\/div><div class=\"umw-hero__title\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"umw-hero__title__wrapper\"><div class=\"umw-hero__eyebrow\">great lives lecture series<\/div><h1 class=\"umw-hero__title__header\">Nat Turner<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-umw-hero-ctas alignfull\"><div class=\"umw-hero__links\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"umw-hero__links__wrapper\">\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<div class=\"wpv-view-output\" data-toolset-views-view-editor=\"4ad9137a07a364c913aa8242ac316643\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-toolset-views-view-editor wpv-gutenberg-view-wrapper-61885\">\n\n\n<div id=\"wpv-view-layout-61885-CATTR272f31828086b6f29ae5fad1e4fdc7ce\" class=\"js-wpv-view-layout js-wpv-layout-responsive js-wpv-view-layout-61885-CATTR272f31828086b6f29ae5fad1e4fdc7ce\" data-viewnumber=\"61885-CATTR272f31828086b6f29ae5fad1e4fdc7ce\" data-pagination=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;61885&quot;,&quot;query&quot;:&quot;normal&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;disabled&quot;,&quot;effect&quot;:&quot;fade&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:500,&quot;speed&quot;:5,&quot;pause_on_hover&quot;:&quot;enabled&quot;,&quot;stop_rollover&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;cache_pages&quot;:&quot;enabled&quot;,&quot;preload_images&quot;:&quot;enabled&quot;,&quot;preload_pages&quot;:&quot;enabled&quot;,&quot;preload_reach&quot;:1,&quot;spinner&quot;:&quot;builtin&quot;,&quot;spinner_image&quot;:&quot;\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/plugins\/toolset-blocks\/embedded\/res\/img\/ajax-loader.gif&quot;,&quot;callback_next&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;manage_history&quot;:&quot;enabled&quot;,&quot;has_controls_in_form&quot;:&quot;disabled&quot;,&quot;infinite_tolerance&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;max_pages&quot;:1,&quot;page&quot;:1,&quot;base_permalink&quot;:&quot;\/greatlives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lecture\/59865?wpv_view_count=61885-CATTR272f31828086b6f29ae5fad1e4fdc7ce&amp;wpv_paged=WPV_PAGE_NUM&quot;,&quot;loop&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;data&quot;:[],&quot;id&quot;:0}}\" data-permalink=\"\/greatlives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lecture\/59865?wpv_view_count=61885-CATTR272f31828086b6f29ae5fad1e4fdc7ce\">\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n          <h2 class=\"lectureDate\">Lecture Date: February 7, 2017<\/h2>\n\n<h3>The Dovetail Cultural Resource Group Lecture<\/h3>\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/203344633\" width=\"533\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\" title=\"Great Lives: Nat Turner\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<div class=\"topicSummary\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2016\/10\/Nat-Turner-200x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium alignright\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2016\/10\/Nat-Turner-200x300.jpg 200w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2016\/10\/Nat-Turner.jpg 346w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><p>Nat Turner was the leader of the most important rebellion of enslaved people in United States history. Inspired by religious visions, he led a group of approximately 40 rebels who killed approximately 55 white people in southern Virginia in 1831. Although the revolt was small-scale by many measures and was repressed within a single day, it had consequences for the nation that continue to reverberate to the present. Turner himself eluded capture for over two months and his Confessions, the result of conversations with a local white lawyer, offer a unique glimpse into the mind of a rebel leader. The revolt itself most immediately created panic throughout the South, generated a debate in the Virginia legislature to seriously consider the gradual abolition of slavery, and inspired others to resist enslavement. Long after slavery ended, the Nat Turner legacy continued to inspire some and horrify others \u2013 and to generate controversy over such artistic representations as William Styron\u2019s 1967 Pulitzer Prize winning novel and Nat Parker\u2019s recent film <i>The Birth of a Nation<\/i>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"lectureSpeaker\" style=\"padding-top: 1em;\">Speaker: Kenneth S. Greenberg<\/h2>\n<div class=\"speakerInfo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"130\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2016\/10\/K.-Greenburg-1-130x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail alignleft\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" style=\"\" \/>\n<p>Kenneth S. Greenberg is Distinguished Professor of History at Suffolk University. He is the author of <i>Masters and Statesmen: The Political Culture of American Slavery <\/i>(Johns Hopkins);  <i>Honor and Slavery: Lies, Duels, Noses, Masks, Dressing as a Woman, Gifts, Strangers, Humanitarianism, Death, Slave Rebellions, the Proslavery Argument, Baseball, Hunting and Gambling in the Old South <\/i>(Princeton). He is also the editor of <i>Nat Turner: A Slave Rebellion in History and Memory <\/i>(Oxford); and the editor of <i>The Confessions of Nat Turner and Related Documents <\/i>(Bedford Books of St. Martin\u2019s Press). Along with Charles Burnett and Frank Christopher he wrote and produced the film <i>Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property<\/i>, nationally broadcast on PBS.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"umw_cb_additional_links":[[]],"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_advisory_expires_time":"","_advisory_meta_include":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"season":[213],"class_list":{"0":"post-59865","1":"lecture","2":"type-lecture","3":"status-publish","5":"season-213","6":"entry"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nat Turner - Great Lives<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/lecture\/nat-turner\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nat Turner\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/lecture\/nat-turner\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Great Lives\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-04-30T18:07:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.umw.edu\\\/greatlives\\\/lecture\\\/nat-turner\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.umw.edu\\\/greatlives\\\/lecture\\\/nat-turner\\\/\",\"name\":\"Nat Turner - 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