Nat Turner Had a Huge Effect

Before Nat Turner's rebellion, North Carolina was quite lenient with slaves. Then Virginia and South Carolina officials really complained and slaves appeared to be more inclines to want their freedom as opposed to more dependency in the past.
Answers.com says, "Nat Turner was a black preacher who led an 1831 uprising in Southampton County, Virginia in which at least 55 whites were killed by a group of about 50 slaves. Turner was a deeply religious man who claimed to have visions and directives from God. On the night of 21 August 1831 he led four other slaves (Henry, Hark, Nelson and Sam) on a murderous spree near the town of Jerusalem, killing men, women and children in their beds. By the next day his mob had grown to at least 40 or 50, but the local militia confronted and captured most of them. Turner escaped, but was eventually captured in October and tried. He was hanged and skinned 11 November 1831. Before he was executed, he described his actions to Thomas R. Gray, and 'The Confessions of Nat Turner' was later widely published in newspapers. Turner's failed rebellion led to hundreds of blacks being murdered by white vigilante mobs, and spurred a new set of strict codes that limited the activities of slaves."

Christian Slave Owners?

Doing research about J. C. Stanly I found the documents showing his liberation from slavery by Lydia and Alexander Stewart. Then found Alexander Stewart was very concerned about the spiritual well-being of the slaves. He wrote in 1719 about leading four to Anglicanism and requested their being baptized. Alexander Stewart is the name of the captain of the slave ship on which J. C.'s mother was brought to America from Afica.
In 1719 Stewart was designated as "Mr." but by 1761 he was Rev. In 1761 he was requesting a school for "Negroe" children. Alexander Stewart is a very interesting man. So is John Carruthers Stanly who went from slave to slave owner.