Nat Turner descendant shares family history
Published 2:51 pm Monday, March 24, 2025
- Nat Turner’s great-great-great grandson Bruce Lawrence Turner speaks about his family at the Courtland branch of the Blackwater Regional Library. (Photo by Donna Pope)
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Bruce Lawrence Turner, great-great-great grandson of Nat Turner, recently spoke at the Courtland branch of the Blackwater Regional Library about the generations of the Turner family that led up to Nat Turner’s Insurrection.
Bruce Turner gave a presentation titled “Nat Turner: Visionary, Liberator, Legend.”
“Many thanks to Bruce Turner for sharing his time and knowledge with us,” library officials stated in a news release.
Nat Turner’s great-great-great grandson Bruce Lawrence Turner speaks about his family at the Courtland branch of the Blackwater Regional Library. (Photo by Donna Pope)
A display at the Courtland branch of the Blackwater Regional Library shows a variety of books available to read about Nat Turner. (Photo by Donna Pope)
