Bible belonging to Nat Turner
date: label: Date
content: 1782
name: label: Published by
content: Unidentified
label: Owned by
content: Nat Turner, American, 1800 - 1831
notes: label: Description
content: A small Bible, missing its front and back cover. It has lost pages at the beginning and end of the text, losing the entirety of Genesis and parts of Leviticus and Revelation. The first page contains Leviticus 4:32 through Leviticus 6:2.
place: label: Place used
content: Southampton County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Christianity
label: Topic
content: Faith
label: Topic
content: Preaching
label: Topic
content: Religion
label: Topic
content: Resistance
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1815-1861
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Sacred and Ceremonial Objects
label: Classification
content: Books and Published Materials
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Maurice A. Person and Noah and Brooke Porter
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.28
objectType: label: Type
content: Bibles
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 4 15/16 x 3 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. (12.5 x 8.9 x 3.8 cm)