Nat Turner / a play by Paul Peters. 1939.

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Nat Turner / a play by Paul Peters. 1939.

[109] leaves (unbound) ; 31 cm.

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University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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Peters, Paul J.

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Turner, Nat, 1800?-1831

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Nat Turner (b. Oct. 2, 1800, Southampton County, VA-d. Nov. 11, 1831, Southampton County, VA) was born into slavery as the property of Benjamin Turner and later his son Samuel Turner. On Aug. 21, 1831, he led a two-day rebellion of slaves and free blacks in Southampton County, Virginia. After the rebellion was suppressed, Turner escaped but was captured in Oct 1831. He was hanged Nov. 11, 1831....