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Nat Turner Birth
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Nat Turner
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Benjamin Turner loaned Nat and his mother, along with some other slaves, to work
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Marries a slave named Cherry
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After the death of Samuel Turner, Nat, his wife, and his mother are split apart
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Nat Turner has a vision which he inteprets as God telling him to lead an uprising of slaves
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Date chosen for Nat Turner's rebellion. It was postponed because Turner was sick.
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Lloyd Garrison publishes a song encourageing slaves to 'strike for God and vegeance'
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The Slave Revolt Begins
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The Slave Revolt Ends
More than fifty whites were killed -
Nat Turner is discovered by Benjamin Phipps and goes to jail
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Nat Turner Makes Confession to Attorney Thomas R. Gray
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Nat Turner is tried for leading an uprising
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Nat Turner is hanged for leading this slave revolt
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Turner is made a symbol of "Black Power and social liberation"
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The Confessions of Nat Turner is published
date is unknown
