Nat Turner #1267
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" I heard a loud noise in the heavens,
and the spirit was loosened, and
Christ had laid down the yoke he had
borne for the sins of men, and that
I should take it on and fight against
the serpent, for the time was fast
approaching when the first should
be last and the last should be first."
Nat, remembered today as "Nat Turner", (October 2, 1800 – November 11, 1831) was an American slave whose failed slave rebellion in Southampton County, Virginia, was the most remarkable instance of black resistance to enslavement in the antebellum southern United States. His methodical slaughter of white civilians during the uprising made him a controversial figure, but he is still considered by many to be a heroic figure of black resistance to oppression. Though he became known as Nat Turner in the aftermath of the uprising, his actual given name was simply Nat.
