History of the United States I / Unit 12 USH1 1687 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Nat Turner
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The idea
Nat Turner had endured enslavement and his wife's sale, and his Christianity convinced him he should lay down his life like Christ to end slavery.
In practice
A rising begun on August twenty-second, eighteen thirty-one, in Southampton County, Virginia, killing scores of White residents.
Where people slip
White mobilisation ended it within forty-eight hours.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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