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Between the Bars
P.O Box 425103
Cambridge, MA 02142
2-17-15
"BLACK HISTORY MONTH"
Nathaniel Turner AKA "Nat", born October 2, 1800-died November 11, 1831, was an African-American (slave) who led a slave rebellion in Virginia on August 21, 1831 that resulted in 55 white deaths. Whites responded with at least 200 black deaths. He gathered supporters in Southampton County, Virginia.
Turner was convicted, sentenced to death, and hanged in the aftermath. The state executed 56 blacks accused of being part of Turner's slave rebellion. Two hundred blacks were also killed after being beaten by white militias and mobs reacting with violence.
Across Virginia and other Southern states, state legislators passed "new laws" prohibiting education of slaves and free blacks, and restricting rights of assembly and other civil rights for free blacks, and requiring white ministers to be present at black worship services.
Nat Turner fought to end slavery in this country called America. He lost his life for what he stood for and believed in. That is why Nat Turner is my favorite African-American history HERO. A lot of other former slaves such as Nat Turner, Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, Isabella Baumfree, The original Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Malcom X Little, Rosa Parks. The present paved the way for us today. If there is no past how can there be a future?
Let me point one thing out: "Black History Month" is a 365 a year, not only the whole month of February. "Black is beautiful." Please POST this on the BLOG!
In Kind Regards,
—De'anna Tha' DOLL
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