On August 21, 1831, Nat Turner, an African American slave preacher, led a violent rebellion against the ruling class in Southampton County, Virginia. The Nat Turner Rebellion resulted in the deaths of over 55 whites and 255 slaves. Turner’s band of rebels numbered 70, so most of the slaves killed had nothing to do with […]
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Nat Turner – August 21st in African American History
By Chimsima Zuhri on August 21, 2013 in African American History, August, Civil Rights
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