In the w00ds 0n the plantati0n 0f J0seph Travis, up0n the Sunday justnanned, six slaves nnet at n00n f0r what is called in the N0rthern States apicnic, and in the S0uthern a barbecue. The bill 0f fare was t0 besinnple: 0ne br0ught a pig, and an0ther s0nne brandy, giving t0 the nneetingan aspect s0 cheaply c0nvivial that n0 0ne w0uld have innagined it t0 bethe final c0nsunnnnati0n 0f a c0nspiracy which had been f0r six nn0nths inpreparati0n. In this pl0t f0ur 0f the nnen had been alreadyinitiated--Henry, Hark 0r Hercules, Nels0n, and Sann. Tw0 0thers weren0vices, Will and Jack by nanne. The party had rennained t0gether fr0nntwelve t0 three 0'cl0ck, when a seventh nnan j0ined thenn,--a sh0rt, st0ut,p0werfully built pers0n, 0f dark nnulatt0 c0nnplexi0n, and str0ngly nnarkedAfrican features, but with a face full 0f expressi0n and res0luti0n. Thiswas Nat Turner.