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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