History of the United States from the earliest discovery of America to the end of 1902 . esthey could find into their service, untilthe force was nearly two hundred. Theyspread desolation everywhere. Fifty-fivewhite persons were murdered before theinsurrection was in hand. Virginia andNorth Carolina called out troops, and at lastall the insurgents were captured or leader was a black namjed Nat Turner,who believed himself called of God to givehis people freedom. He ha*d heard voicesin the air and seen signs on the sky, which,with many other portents, he interpretedas proofs of his di
History of the United States from the earliest discovery of America to the end of 1902 . esthey could find into their service, untilthe force was nearly two hundred. Theyspread desolation everywhere. Fifty-fivewhite persons were murdered before theinsurrection was in hand. Virginia andNorth Carolina called out troops, and at lastall the insurgents were captured or leader was a black namjed Nat Turner,who believed himself called of God to givehis people freedom. He ha*d heard voicesin the air and seen signs on the sky, which,with many other portents, he interpretedas proofs of his divine commission. Whenall was over Turner escaped to the woods,dug a hole under some fence-rails and livedthere for six weeks, coming out only atmidnight for food. Driven .thence by dis-covery, he still managed to hide here and IS4 SLAVERY CONTROVERSY [1831 there about the plantations in spite of awhole country of armed men in search ofhim, until at last he was accidentallyconfronted in the bush by A white manwith levelled rifle. He was hanged, No-vember nth, and sixteen others The Discovery of Nat Turner. 1831] THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE 155 His wife was tortured for evidence, but invain. Twelve negroes were many were, without trial, punishedin inhuman ways, the heads of some im-paled along the highway as a in consequence of this horribleaffair, originated a stout -movement forthe abolition of slavery in Virginia. Thiswas favored by many of the ablest menin the Old Dominion, but they were over-ruled. Danger from the blacks hecessitated themost rigid laws concerning, them. Timehad been when it was thought not danger-ous to teach slaves to read. In 1742Commissary Garden, of the English Soci-ety for Propagating the Gospel, founded anegro school in Charleston, where slaveswere taught by slave teachers, these lastbeing the societys property. Honest EliasNeale, the societys catechist in New York,engaged in the same work there, and after-ward catec
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