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Birth
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Life Of Nat Turner
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Married Slave Named "Nancy"
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Ran From Former Owners Brother (Samuel Turner)
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Had Vision of Conflict Between Black/ White Spirits
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Started Slave Violent Insurrection
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ended the emancipation movement in that region which led to harsher laws against slaves
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Hung For Creating Violent Rebellion
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His Rebellious Acts Led to The Civil War
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Became an important icon to the 1960s black power movement
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subject of William Styron's 1967 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "Confessions of Nat Turner"