Despite slavery-era statutes that outlawed black literacy, he learned to read and write as a child with the help of Sampson, his father.
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When slavery ended, Love's parents stayed on the Love plantation as sharecroppers, attempting to raise tobacco and corn on about 20 acres, but Sampson died shortly after the second crop was planted. Afterward, Nat took a second job working on a local farm to help make ends meet.
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At about this time, he was noted as having a gift for breaking horses. After some time of working extra odd jobs in the area, he won a horse in a raffle on two occasions, which he then sold back to the owner for $50 each time.
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He used the money to leave town, and at the age of 16, headed to the Western United States.
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