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were against him, as he and 35 other



                                                                                                                                         members of  the committee were




                                                                                                                                         hung. These acts would later only



                                                                                                                                         lead to stricter laws against African-



                                                                                                                                         Americans.









                                                                                                                                         Another notable revolutionist was



                                                                                                                                         Nat Turner a black American slave


            would have been in on these plots,                                                                                           that led multiple slave rebellions in




            but some fearful slaves would betray                                                                                         the 1830’s. Turner was born on a



            Vesey and turn him over. He was                                                                                              plantation, where is master allowed



            then trialed at court for his injustice                                                                                      him to read, write, and practiced




            plots against slave owners. However                                                                                          religion. This good dead however



            as a black man in the 1800’s the odds                                                                                        backfired on Benjamin Turner,
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