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aug 15, 1831 - Nat Turner’s Rebellion

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In August of 1831, a slave named Nat Turner incited an uprising that spread through several plantations in southern Virginia. Turner and approximately seventy cohorts killed around sixty white people. The deployment of militia infantry and artillery suppressed the rebellion after two days of terror.

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aug 15, 1831
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~ 194 years ago