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Why are these revolts so important? How did Nat Turner's plan backfire?

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Nat Turner destroyed the white Southern idea that slaves were content with their existence or were too docile to revolt violently. His uprising hardened Southern whites' anti-slavery sentiments and led to additional repressive legislation limiting slaves' education, mobility, and assembly.
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