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1831

Nat Turner's Rebellion

Nat Turner leads the most consequential slave revolt in US history, terrifying the South into harsher repression.

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August 21, 1831
Nat Turner's Rebellion
Nat Turner leads the most consequential slave revolt in US history, terrifying the South into harsher repression.
January 1, 1831
William Lloyd Garrison launches The Liberator
A radical abolitionist newspaper amplifies the call for immediate emancipation.

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