Nathaniel Turner (1800-1831) was a black American who organized and led the most successful slave revolt in the United States.Nat Turner was born a slave on Oct. 2, 1800, in Southampton County, Va. As...
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Gabriel Prosser, who was hanged for leading a failed slave revolt in 1800, has won a symbolic gubernatorial pardon.Prosser and 34 supporters were executed in Richmond on Aug. 30, 1800, after two sl...
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Oct 25 (Reuters) - Following are some of the major
events to have occurred on November 1 since 1900: 1914 - Five German cruisers sank the British ships Good Hope
and Monmouth at the Battle of Coro...
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Question 1 of 10:The first African slaves were brought to the
USA
in 1501. When was the importation of slaves finally banned?150816081708
1808
Question 2 of 10:Slaves were promised freedom if the...
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American novelist (b. June 11, 1925,
Newport News, Va.
—d. Nov. 1, 2006, Martha's Vineyard,
Massachusetts
), was noted for his treatment of tragic themes and his use of a rich, classical pr...
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Within the past year, three of the most famous authors to emerge after World War II have died: Norman Mailer, Kurt Vonnegut and William Styron. Their deaths all resulted in front-page stories, leng...
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Today is Tuesday, Aug. 21, the 233rd day of 2007. There are 132 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:Two hundred years ago, on Aug. 21, 1807, Robert Fulton's North River Steamboat set...
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Some, like M-1 of dead prez in an interview with VIBE Online, even went as far as to compare the hip hop task force to the FBI surveillance of civil rights and black power groups like the Black Pan...
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With "The Feminine Mystique," Betty Friedan gave rise to the modern women's movement, striking a chord that continues to ring four decades later.Friedan and Coretta Scott King gained fame as crusad...
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Nathaniel Turner
Gov. 'pardons' Gabriel's Rebellion slave
