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the owner of Nat, as he preached
and lead a revolt against Benjamin
Turner in his Southampton County
neighborhood. He wouldn’t stop
there as he would go on to kill the
Travis family and supply themselves
with guns and horses. He would later
go on to enlist around 80 slaves and
led them in a violent disorganized
riot that resulted in the murder of
51 white people. He would later go
into hiding but would be discovered
six weeks after the riots and hung,
along with 16 of his follows for his