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Nat Turner's Slave Rebellion in Southampton County, Virginia

Enslaved preacher Nat Turner led an armed uprising on August 21, 1831, resulting in the deaths of roughly 55–65 white people before the rebellion was suppressed.

Nat Turner's Slave Rebellion in Southampton County, Virginia

The rebellion provoked widespread retaliatory killings, led Southern legislatures to enact stricter slave codes and restrictions on free Black communities, and intensified national debates over slavery and colonization.

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