In 1831, an African American slave named Nat Turner led a rebellion that would become known as Nat Turner’s Rebellion. Growing up, Nat Turner had been fed anti-slavery sentiments from his mother, which would play a key role in his eventual leadership of the rebellion. Turner’s uprising struck at the heart of the belief and myth that African Americans were satisfied with their roles as slaves. Nat Turner’s Rebellion is considered to be the only successful slave revolt, but it came at a cost. Nat Turner’s Rebellion claimed the lives of fifty-five white people and resulted in a retaliation of two hundred African Americans being killed. The rebellion also compounded Southerners’ viewpoints on slavery, causing a whole new slew of harish policies. Nat Turner was eventually caught for his insurrection, which ended in his untimely demise within Jerusalem, Virginia.