Show afta A t 10 ard A mp 42 V V 2 4 K gg 7 7 i a 1 W i 3 ii alv As ari k t w kj k j 41 sy 0 3 ra orl sal j i L I 1 y safa 3 I 1 a ii ii WOID i P 1 southampton T gifol i va che county of tago ct 1 aria ant T old 0 id jl apple f 0 4 1 brandy I I 1 cv m baa ib also 0 1 le l been bew aae the scene acme of I 1 some 0 remarkable aej ax men i no down in the southwestern sec am tion ot in the early paa i of bf the century elivea joseph vis owner of a plantation on and ana ir ibm af n agro ia aves among ai g mr A aravia Er i avia avis alamea was a man of remarkable character and appearance he ww was born in the year 1801 the pro property of benjamin min tamer and being i i named in infancy WA kathaniel cathaniel thaniel went by the name of nat tenner at an arly are age he conceived the idea that he was ra destined to be the preat great hber liberator ator of his race from slavery sIa Tery disliking the he overseer whom mr travis employed he ran away and stayed for weeks in the woods later he returned telling the negroes that he had lived without food and that a vision had appeared unto him 1 I saw white spirits and black spirits engaged iu in battle said he and the sun was darkened the thunder rolled in the heavens and blood flowed in streams he began to hold midnight meetings in the woods to prepare them for a bloody insurrection he told cold them that an eclipse of the sun sau which occurred in february aary of that year 1831 was a sign unto them to rise and slay those who held them under bondage stealthily in the dark hours of night when the family were all asleep these desperate men crept into the house entered their masters climber chamber and with a hatchet slew him his wife and little children not eyen even sparing the infant in the a cradle I 1 stealthily in the direction of jerusalem the county u seat they went from house to house murdering men women and children in their beds in one case while they were wee killing the man and the b boys of a family the wom woman fled d she was as pursue pursued di overtaken and compelled to get up behind one of the corn COM pany who took her back ther then after showing her the mangled body of her husband ww was told to lie he down by ins his side when she was abonce at onee murdered the alarm was spread about 8 or 10 monday morning the whites fled from erom their houses to the woods and made their way to jerusalem the men in the meantime were arranging for defenso defense with hearts I 1 waxing faint at the lurid blaze of insurrection that had when so unlooked unlocked for broken forth As soon as the whites could collect vigorous measures were taken the advance guard of the whites and the ahe insurgents acme came up with each other about two miles from jerusalem immediately on discovering the whites nat turner ordered his men to halt until they were within 50 yards when ahen they were that near he gave the order to fire and rush on them the whites returned the fire the hie main body of the whites quickly came up just in time to save their friends As soon oon aw the negroes found that the whites were armed and able to defend themselves defeating 1 them wherever met md they deserted and dispersed in every dinc tion nat found him himself telf leftwitch left with two or three kids aids and soon j agave all ah hope he went b buck sek to mr Trayia aniss a supplied himself with provisions ions I 1 and went to a small care in the I 1 wood which he had used before at tho time he ran away from the ove overseer roer I 1 remained emed eon ean I 1 cealey awed for weeks but vai was at last I 1 discovered 1 by a gentleman out linn hunting ting whose e labig do WAS attracted 11 i to the cave by 3 ae smell bf 0 m meat 6 t he ad was afonce captured and taken to amon I 1 I 1 r 1 A jl IV 1 in I 1 the center of of a laige field ju just to tg th the e northeast of the 1 old co country town of jerusalem Jerd salem L am a tree aused xi sued ru sed for the gallows and on friday the alth 1 mat 1 I fae atoned acif eaf if atonement i 61 itAR m that chati w y c 1 awful t deeds 1 G A 3 ti m e yv it 1 W 4 11 |