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Nat Turner's Life
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Nat Turner is born
Nat Turner is born a slave. -
African Slave Trade ends
Congress prohibits the African Slave Trade. -
Banjamin Turner dies
Nat Turner's owner, Benjamin Turner dies leaving the plantation to Samuel Turner. -
A slave revolt begins
A slave insurrection begins and causes the death of 75 slaves. -
Turner escapes briefly
Nat Turner escapes from his farm for two months but comes back claiming a spirit told him to come back and seek freedom for not only himself but the whole farm. -
The U.S. declares war
The U.S. declares war over Britain due to interference with shipping and seamen. -
The Star Spangled Banner
Francis Scott Key writes "The Star Spangled Banner" -
Methodist Episcopal Church
Richard Allen forms the African American Methodist Episcopal Church. -
Andrew Jackson in FL
Andrew Jackson marches into Florida to stop by Indians, fugitive slaves, and white outlaws on American territory. -
Nat's father Escapes
Nat's father escapes his plantation and makes it safely to freedom. -
The depression
America goes through it's first major depression causing imprisonment of people who do not pay their debts. -
James Tallmadge
James Tallmadge grants statehood to Missouri and proposes that all slaves be freed when the reach the age of 25 and the introduction of new slaves to the stat be stopped. -
Nat gains faith
Nat Turner begins to me more interested and engaged in his religious beliefs. -
Nat marries Cherry
Nat Turner marries his wife, Cherry. -
Liberia
The colonization company creates a colony for free slaves from the United States in Liberia. -
Nat Begins to preach
Nat now begins to preach in churches. -
Thomas Jefferson and John Adams
Thomas Jefferson and John Adams die on the fiftieth anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. -
Nat has visions
Nat begins to have visions that lead him to believe that he is a prophet. -
Attack postponed
Nat Turner's Insurrection is postponed because Turner falls ill and is unable to fight. -
The fight begins
Nat Turner's Insurrection officially begins.
