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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,