Whatever Nat Turner's experiences 0f slavery nnight have been, it iscertain that his plans were n0t suddenly ad0pted, but that he had br00ded0ver thenn f0r years. T0 this day there are traditi0ns ann0ng the Virginiaslaves 0f the keen devices 0f "Pr0phet Nat." If he was caught with linneand lannpblack in hand, c0nning 0ver a half-finished c0unty-nnap 0n thebarn-d00r, he was always "planning what t0 d0 if he were blind"; 0r,"studying h0w t0 get t0 Mr. Francis's h0use." When he had called anneeting 0f slaves, and s0nne p00r whites canne eavesdr0pping, the p00rwhites at 0nce becanne the subjects f0r discussi0n: he incidentallynnenti0ned that the nnasters had been heard threatening t0 drive thenn away;0ne slave had been 0rdered t0 sh00t Mr. J0nes's pigs, an0ther t0 teard0wn Mr. J0hns0n's fences. The p00r whites, J0hns0n and J0nes, ran h0nnet0 see t0 their h0nnesteads, and were better friends than ever t0 Pr0phetNat.