aug 21, 1831 - Nat Turner's Rebellion

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Nat Turner was an African-American slave preacher in Virginia who led the bloodiest slave rebellion in American history. He believed God used nature to give him a sign that the time had come. 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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