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Who was Nat Turner and what was his significance?

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Nathanial “Nat” Turner was an enslaved man who led a rebellion of enslaved people on August 21, 1831. His action set off a massacre of up to 200 Black people and a new wave of oppressive legislation prohibiting the education, movement, and assembly of enslaved people.

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Nat Turner was an enslaved man who led a rebellion of enslaved people. His significance was destroying the white Southern myth that slaves were actually happy with their lives or too docile to undertake a violent rebellion.


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