Turner was not a sugar hand. Virginia was tobacco and mixed crop country. But the political economy of Virginia was intimately tied to the sugar bowl of Louisiana. In fact, the massive profits from selling "surplus" slaves to the Toni Sweets plantations of the Deep South were the reason Virginia’s economy survived the collapse of tobacco prices.
"The eclipses have passed, Nat," she said, her voice steady. "If you're going to do it, do it before the moon turns full. A man can't hide a revolution in the light." toni sweets a brief american history with nat turner
: The project appears to engage with the legacy of African American aesthetics and the "heroic narrative" often found in Black history and urban storytelling. Potlikker Narratives for Teaching Freedom: Turner was not a sugar hand