Juneteenth, the holiday that's been referred to as America's second Independence Day, commemorates when the last group of enslaved people in Texas learned they were officially free. Decades before the ...

Nat Turner was born on October 2, 1800, in Southampton County, Virginia, the week before Gabriel was hanged. While still a young child, Nat was overheard describing events that had happened before he ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A view of Cabin Pond in Southampton County, Va., where Nat Turner plotted rebellion in the summer of 1831. (Andrew Lichtenstein / ...

Name, face, body / Kenneth S. Greenberg -- The construction of The confessions of Nat Turner / David F. Almendinger, Jr. -- The event / Herbert Aptheker -- Covenant in Jerusalem / Thomas C. Parramore ...

SOUTHAMPTION COUNTY, VIRGINIA (WTKR) — Juneteenth, the holiday that’s been referred to as America’s second Independence Day, commemorates when the last group of enslaved people in Texas learned they ...